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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 8 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 January 2018. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Higher Education Innovation Fund

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money the Higher Education Innovation Fund has allocated to each NUTS 1 region in each year since its creation.

Answer

The Higher Education Funding Council for England is responsible for allocating Higher Education Innovation Funding (HEIF) to support higher education institutions in England to undertake knowledge exchange with business, charities and others, including research commercialisation. HEIF is allocated on the basis of their effectiveness in research commercialisation and working with business and other users of university knowledge and expertise, without regard to regional or NUTS 1 basis.

Allocations over the period 2011-2018 are set out in the table below.

NUTS Level 1 region

HEIF Allocations (£M) to English HEIs per Academic Year

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

East Midlands

10.65

10.65

11.49

11.49

12.67

12.87

14.99

East of England

13.27

14.27

14.52

14.52

16.40

17.80

20.42

London

36.42

37.92

38.77

38.77

37.62

37.97

44.87

North East

9.26

9.76

9.87

9.87

8.04

7.43

8.60

North West

16.97

17.97

17.96

17.96

19.71

19.46

22.10

South East

21.14

22.14

22.37

22.37

22.14

21.85

25.09

South West

11.86

11.86

12.44

12.44

11.50

11.61

13.67

West Midlands

15.57

16.07

16.54

16.54

15.68

15.38

17.40

Yorkshire and The Humber

15.24

15.74

16.41

16.41

16.47

15.63

17.84

England total

150.37

156.37

160.37

160.37

160.23

160.02

185.00

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
121478
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Higher Education Innovation Fund
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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