Hansard

Research

Volume 976: debated on Thursday 20 December 1979

Download text
Back to top Previous debate Next debate
The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Geraint Howells

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department is currently sponsoring research in any universities or colleges; which colleges are involved; and how much money is being spent in each case.

Mr. Heseltine

My Department currently has research contracts placed with the following academic bodies at the total costs shown:

Universities£
Aberdeen……26,940
Aston……148,665
Birmingham……850,670
Bristol……206,534
Cambridge……188,397
City……226,106
Dundee……8,557
Durham……154,175
East Anglia……144,798
Edinburgh……32,334
Glasgow……258,877
Keele……68,892
Kent……96,334
Liverpool……89,241
London……52,243
Loughborough……30,085
Manchester……289,094
Newcastle……201,136
Nottingham……136,928
Reading……63,157
Salford……59,130
Sheffield……63,395
Southampton……122,204
Strathclyde……50,770
York……219,586
Other Academic Bodies
£
Birmingham Polytechnic26,139
Brighton Polytechnic12,706
Cranfield Institute of Technology1,800
Hatfield Polytechnic11,692
Imperial College of Science and Technology586,807
Kings College, London14,000
Leicester Polytechnic52,867
Liverpool Polytechnic215,251
Middlesex Polytechnic 44,758
Oxford Polytechnic47,854
Plymouth Polytechnic37,171
Polytechnic of Central London66,100
Polytechnic of the South Bank3,500
Portsmouth Polytechnic76,000
Sheffield City Polytechnic5,000
University College, London178,711
University College of North Wales33,158
University College, Swansea2,069
University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology183,466
University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology24,117