Review of the dual support transfer : final report, November 1995 / Office of Science and Technology.

  • Great Britain. Office of Science and Technology
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1995
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    ELIZABETH HOUSE YORK ROAD LONDON SEI 7PH TELEPHONE 071-934 9000 The Rt Hon KENNETH CLARKE ac mp Sir David Phillips KBE FRS Chairman Advisory Board for the Research Councils Elizabeth House York Road JONDON SE] 7PH see Ss, 20 NOV 1991 MONITORING OF THE NEW DUAL SUPPORT ARRANGEMENTS In my letter to you of 6 November on provision for science 1992- 93 to 1994-95, I gave details of the sums which had been added to the science budget to allow for the additional costs to the Research Councils and Royal Society of the new dual ‘support arrangements. I noted my intention that the shift in the boundary of responsibilities within the dual support system should not lead to any change in the volume of research which Research Councils sponsor in Higher Education Institutions. I said that I would be looking for clear evidence that the sums transferred were being used for the purpose for which they were intended; and invited the Board's assistance in achieving that objective. It may help the Board if I spell out in more detail the calculation underlying the additional provision now made available and the kind of evidence I will expect to see in future reports on the way in which these funds are being spent. In estimating the costs to the Research Councils of the new dual support arrangements, the starting point was the joint HORCs/CVCP Report which you forwarded to me éarliertthis year. The report estimated the additional direct and indirect costs which would flow from each £ of grant support in moving from the current to the new boundary. It assumed that by 1993-94 the Research Councils would be spending approximately £270m on supporting grants to Higher Education Institutions; on this basis the HORCs estimated that the additional costs to them of the new boundary would be £150m in a full year. Your letter to me of 15 May confirmed the Board's view that a transfer of this size was required. _
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