Science: Research

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. (216739)

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 outturnCSR07 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)

Volume 478: debated on Tuesday 8 July 2008