§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the(a) purpose and (b) cost of knowledge transfer initiatives sponsored by her Department in (i) 2000–01 and (ii) 200–02. [42596]
§ Margaret HodgeThe knowledge transfer initiatives supported by the Department for Education and Skills in 2000–01 and 2001–;02 are listed in the following table. These initiatives are partnerships with the Department of Trade and Industry; funding is routed via the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Only the cost to DfES is shown.