Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 July 2008. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Science: Research

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on science research in each year since 1997; and what the projected spending is for each year to 2011.

Answer

DIUS investment in research through the Science and Research Budget and the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) recurrent grant for research is set out in the following tables:

£ million
	1996-7	1997-8	1998-9	1999-00	2000-01	2001-2	2002-3	2003-4	2004-5
Total Science Budget	1,312	1,331	1,334	1,394	1,514	1.707	1,947	2,259	2,408
Total Higher Education Funding Council England (HEFCE)¹	638	704	829	835	867	888	941	1,037	1,079
Total DIUS Science Research²	1,950	2,035	2,163	2,229	2,381	2,595	2,888	3,296	3,487

	Estimated outturn	CSR07 plan
	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2008-9	2009-10	2010-11
Total Science Budget	3,040	3,246	3,382	3,554	3,715	3,970
Total Higher Education Funding Council England (HEFCE)¹	1,250	1,344	1,415	1,444	1,509	1,634
Total DIUS Science Research²	4,290	4,590	4,797	4,998	5,224	5,604
¹ Includes support for Arts and Humanities Research.
² From 2005-6 includes funding for the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Source:
SET Statistics Table 2,1, Resources of Higher Education Institutions (Higher Education Statistics Agency), The Allocations of the Science Budget 2008-09 to 2010-11 (DIUS)

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Type: Written question
Reference: 216739; 478 c1488-90W
Session: 2007-08
Subjects: Research Science
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Science: Research

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