Universities: Research
(asked on 3rd July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the contribution of UK charities to UK university research and development in each of the last three years.
Information on the scale and sources of research grant income secured by universities is available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This data is collected on an annual basis from higher education providers and is available at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/income. Data for each of the last three years is provided in the table below:
£’000 | UK Charities | UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities | UK central government tax credits for research and development expenditure | Academies* | HE Funding bodies Research Grant | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) |
2016-17 | 1,187,550 | 1,006,732 | 24,748 | 88,251 | 399,706 | --- |
2017-18 | 1,231,617 | 1,088,512 | 15,283 | 98,986 | 390,215 | 3,513,571 |
2018-19 | 1,261,308 | 1,116,781 | 780 | 113,683 | 420,975 | 3,875,371 |
*The Royal Society, British Academy and The Royal Society of Edinburgh
In 2018-19, UKRI accounted for ca 70% of public funding for research from UK sources.