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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 15 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 January 2018. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Monday, 22 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Queen's University Belfast

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Queen's University on funding for that institution for medical research.

Answer

There have not been any recent Ministerial discussions with Queen’s University Belfast regarding funding for medical research.

The Government provides funding for medical research through the Medical Research Council (MRC). The table below sets out funding to Queen’s University Belfast over financial years 2012/13 to 2016/17:

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

MRC

2,230,000

2,513,000

2,715,000

3,554,000

3,782,264


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
122499
Session
2017-19
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Finance Medicine Research Queen's University Belfast
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk