Higher Education: EU Grants and Loans
(asked on 26th January 2017) - View Source
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 the higher education sector in the (a) UK and (b) North West 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 North West, 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 |
North West (£ thousands) | 44,358 | 45,624 | 53,153 | 59,752 | 67,035 |
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