§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the(a) mechanism and (b) criteria are for the allocation of the departmental science programme funds; and who in the Department is responsible for allocating the funds. [172096]
§ Ms HewittDetails of the allocation of the department's present Science Budget are set out in the publication "Science Budget 2003–04 to 2005–06" published in December 2002, a copy of which is available in the Libraries of the House.
The publication sets out the objectives of the Science Budget and the drivers for the allocation of funds.
Allocations are approved by me on the advice of the Director General of the Research Councils.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will break down by budget heading the expenditure of the departmental science programmes in(a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04. [172098]
§ Ms HewittThe information is as follows.
(a) Actual expenditure for 2002–03 from the Science Budget was as follows:
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£000 2002–03 Resource Capital Total MRC1 340,867 19,589 360,456 BBSRC2 249,953 2,676 252,629 NERC3 224,006 17,907 241,913 EPSRC4 507,019 3,407 510,426 PPARC5 246,231 2,755 248,986 ESRC6 77,736 182 77,918 CCLRC7 23,168 19,414 42,582 Research Councils Pension Scheme 28,450 — 28,450 Royal Society 28,783 — 28,783 Royal Academy of Engineering 4,770 — 4,770 SRIF8 190,402 — 190,402 Diamond Synchrotron 489 14,366 14,855 Higher Education Innovation Fund 22,791 — 22,791
£000 2002–03 Resource Capital Total PSRE Fund9 4,977 — 4,977 CMI 10,705 — 10,705 Other10 34,455 — 34,455 Total 1,994,802 80,296 2,075,098 1 Medical Research Council 2 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 3 National Environmental Research Council 4Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 5 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council 6 Economic and Social Science Research Council 7 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils 8 Science Research Investment Fund 9 Public Sector Research Establishment 10 Includes expenditure on nuclear fusion and residual expenditure on closed schemes. Notes: 1. Expenditure includes funding brought forward from previous years, under "End-year Flexibility" arrangements. In addition, some Research Councils were given transfers from central budgets. 2. Abbreviations used are as follows. (b) The actual expenditure figures for 2003–04 are yet to be finalised and audited.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the resource budget for the departmental science programmes(a) was for each year since 1995 and (b) is for 2004–05; and if she will make a statement. [172099]
§ Ms HewittResource budgets were first introduced in 2001–02, and information on a comparable basis is not available prior to that date. The budgets for 2001–02 to 20004–05 are as follows:
£000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 MRC1 389,887 416,097 429,875 458,080 BBSRC2 224,474 244,104 265,032 287,872 NERC3 236,778 253,572 264,102 280,237 EPSRC4 439,331 464,972 468,524 491,714 PPARC5 216,946 232,071 250,770 266,470 ESRC6 75,352 83,756 94,584 104,074 CCLRC7 40,847 44,770 119,018 129,488 Research Council Pension Scheme 26,970 28,450 29,740 31,140 Royal Society 25,945 28,745 29,245 31,045 Royal Academy of Engineering 4.270 4,270 5,270 5,600 Roberts review 6,000 18,020 SRIF/University research capital8 125,000 125,000 250,000 296,570 Diamond synchrotron 20,000 20,000 25,361 84,081 Large Facilities and RC Institutes (unallocated) 34,000 52,500 68,550 Higher Education Innovation Fund 20,000 20,000 50,000 60,305 PSRE Fund9 10,000 4,655 CMI10 14,000 14,000 14,000 14,000 Other11 28,266 42,063 24,364 46,364 Total 1,898,066 2,055,870 2,378,385 2,678,265 1 Medical Research Council
2 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
3 National Environmental Research Council
4 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
5 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
6 Economic and Social Science Research Council
7 Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
8 Science Research Investment Fund
9 Public Sector Research Establishment
10 Cambridge/MIT Institute
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Notes:
1. Figures include resource and capital budgets.
2. Abbreviations used are as follows.