HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 c33W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Government funding for investment in university research and development each part of the United Kingdom receives(a) in absolute terms and (b) in proportion to its population [82030]

Ms Hewitt

Government funding for investment in university research and development through the Research Councils and Funding Councils (and, in Northern Ireland, the Department for Education and Learning) in the UK is as follows:

Absolute terms (£million) Per head of population (£)
England 1,313 27
Northern Ireland 24 14
Scotland 176 35
Wales 62 21