HC Deb 26 April 2004 vol 420 c804W
Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the level of Government funding for university-based research in each of the past 10 years. [152629]

Alan Johnson

The latest available information, shown in cash terms, is given in the table. Comparable figures for 1993/94 ate not held centrally.

Research income1 of HEIs in the UK
£thousand
1994/95 2,245,467
1995/96 2,356,831
1996/97 2,455,930
1997/98 2,616,607
1998/99 2,846,527
1999/2000 3,016,130
2000/01 3,277,808
2001/02 3,518,439
2002/03 3,772,504
1Covers income from Funding Research Grants, the Office of Science and Technology Research Grants, and Other Research Grants