Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much EU funding was received by higher education institutions in (a) the UK and (b) Greater London in each financial year since 2010-11.
The table below shows the level of funding Higher Education Institutions in (a) the UK and (b) the London region, received from EU government bodies for research grants and contracts, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund between 2010/11 and 2014/15.
Region | 10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 |
London (£thousands) | 93,408 | 111,783 | 135,385 | 158,230 | 171,519 |
UK (£thousands) | 496,734 | 589,425 | 694,731 | 787,047 | 821,280 |
Source: BEIS analysis of the HESA Finance Record and the HE-BCI Survey