Written question asked by Anne Campbell (Labour) on Monday, 29 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 25 February 2005. It was answered by Patricia Hewitt (Labour) on Friday, 25 February 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what expenditure has been made by her Department and its agencies on research and development relating to the UK university departments and research centres in each financial year since 2001-02. - Inc table and figure.

Answer: Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what expenditure has been made by her Department and its agencies on research and development relating to the UK university departments and research centres in each financial year since 2001-02. [201363] Ms Hewitt: The Department through the seven research councils funds research and development in UK university departments and in research council centres and institutes. Total funding in each financial year since 2001-02 was as follows. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UK university departments Research council institutes 2001-02 774 500 2002-03 813 545 2003-04 799 522 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. These figures do not include funding of £675 million from the science budget between 2001-02 and 2003-04 to support both science research infrastructure and knowledge transfer from universities and research council institutes.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 201363; 431 c889-90W;431 c885-6W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Executive agencies Department of Trade and Industry Expenditure Government departments Universities Research
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk