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Higher Education: Finance

Volume 504: debated on Thursday 28 January 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has provided for (a) teaching, (b) research and (c) staff development for (i) Newcastle and (ii) Northumbria universities since 2004-05. (314003)

Funding made available to these universities by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Research Councils are as follows:

£

Teaching grant (HEFCE)

Staff development (HEFCE)

Research grant (HEFCE)

Research Councils

University of Newcastle

2004-05

50,252,943

3,499,150

27,524,280

12,230,000

2005-06

52,005,533

4,484,582

30,671,707

15,067,000

2006-07

60,054,818

1

32,125,761

19,078,000

2007-08

63,689,772

1

32,913,752

22,345,000

2008-09

64,866,781

1

33,981,019

28,159,000

University of Northumbria

2004-05

47,546,785

2,710,285

949,402

240,000

2005-06

49,150,300

3,566,165

1,146,418

164,000

2006-07

56,502,160

1

1,255,044

288,000

2007-08

58,048,517

1

1,394,291

423,000

2008-09

60,695,821

1

1,346,425

644,000

1 This allocation from 2006-07 onwards is part of HEFCE's teaching grant and is not identified separately.