Employment: Research
(asked on 12th January 2016) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of FTE positions supported by funding from Research Councils UK; and if he will make a statement.
The table below provides the figures for full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by the Research Councils as at 31 March 2015. It is not possible to estimate the number of FTE positions supported by grant funding awarded by the Research Councils given the multiple sources of funding which support many researchers.
FTE as at 31st March 2015 | |||
Head Office staff1 | Institute, Research Centre and Unit staff | Total | |
AHRC | 134 | 0 | 134 |
BBSRC | 282.3 | 962 | 1244.3 |
EPSRC | 193 | 0 | 193 |
ESRC | 140 | 0 | 140 |
MRC | 2202 | 2205 | 2425 |
NERC | 214 | 2171 | 2385 |
STFC | 217 | 1558 | 1775 |
1 Figures in this column include Research Councils UK Executive Directorate and cross-research council support staff.
2 Locally employed staff at the MRC’s two units in Africa are not included in this data.