HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 cc638-9W
Dr. Gibson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what information she has collected on growth in research income for universities in(a) the sciences and (b) the arts over the last five years; and if she will publish the figures for such growth, broken down by department. [19458]

Margaret Hodge

The information requested is laid out in the following table. These figures represent total research income from HEFCE and external sources over five years.

is £4,029 million and £5,8261 million respectively. However the Further Education figure is included within the overall budget for the LSC and it will be for the LSC to decide how to allocate their budget.

1 Publicly planned funding comprises institutional funding paid via the Higher Education Funding Council for England and tuition fees but excludes public funding from Research Councils, other Government Departments and the National Health Service.