HC Deb 15 January 2001 vol 361 cc67-8W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the budgeted running costs and staff numbers are for 2000–01 for the regional offices of(a) the Further Education Funding Council and (b) the Higher Education Funding Council. [144152]

Mr. Wicks

The table shows the FEFC's allocation of running costs for the financial year 2000–01 to its regional offices. The table also includes full-time equivalent (FTE) staff numbers.

Region FEFC (£) Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff numbers for 2000–01
East Midlands 427,901 19.0
Eastern 514,326 17.5
Greater London 966,151 24.5
North East 394,360 18.0
North West 615,786 24.0
South East 672,416 21.0
South West 709,070 21.5
West Midlands 449,904 18.0
Yorkshire and Humber 627,228 19.1
Total 5,377,142 183

The total running costs for the FEFC in 2000–01, including the figures in the table, are £26,673,000, for 511 FTE staff numbers.

For HEFCE the total running cost budget for 2000–01 is £12,385,115.

Staff numbers for 2000–01 are 205 FTEs. There are no regional offices.

Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the budgeted expenditure is for 2000–01 by region of the(a) Further Education Funding Council and (b) Higher Education Funding Council. [144156]

Mr. Wicks

For the financial year 2000–01, the regional breakdown of the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) allocation decision is shown in the table.

£
Region FEFC
East Midlands 262,453,914
Eastern 286,105,195
Greater London 573,839,388
North East 193,300,316
North West 509,688,872
South East 476,172,155
South West 313,760,583
West Midlands 423,451,149
Yorkshire and Humber 337,925,586
Total 3,376,697,158

The HEFCE regional breakdown is shown in the table.

£
Region HEFCE
East Midlands 295,143,442
Eastern 295,626,898
Greater London 945,187,696
North East 214,462,773
North West 492,719,454
South East 524,828,267
South West 287,675,205
West Midlands 338,886,133
Yorkshire and Humber 435,385,450
Open University 126,684,372
Total 3,957,599,960

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of funding for the Higher Education Funding Council allocations to each university were in respect of research support in(a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000, (c) 2000–01 and (d) estimated for 2001–02; and what such allocations were expressed as a sum per student. [145253]

Mr. Wicks

Information on research funding and student numbers by institution is published by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) in their Annual reports. The reports for 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, which show student numbers during these years and funding allocations for the following academic year, can be obtained from the Library.

Information for 2001–02 is not yet available. Provisional information about funding allocations at national level is expected to be published by HEFCE in March.