Agriculture: Research

(asked on 12th September 2014) - View Source
Questioner
Portrait
Lord Soames of Fletching
(Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on agricultural research in each year from 1997-98 to 2009-10.

Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 13th October 2014

Defra and MAFF spent a total of £925M* on agricultural research between 1997/98 and 2009/10.

Financial year

Farming Research (£M)

Animal Health and Welfare Research (£M)

Total agricultural research (excluding food, agri-environment, soils, plant health, pesticide safety) (£M)

1997/1998

46

27

73

1998/1999

44

30

74

1999/2000

42

34

76

2000/2001

41

34

75

2001/2002

39

38

77

2002/2003

37

39

76

2003/2004

39

38

77

2004/2005

38

39

76

2005/2006

36

38

74

2006/2007

30

39

69

2007/2008

26

37

63

2008/2009

23

34

57

2009/2010

27

32

59

TOTAL

467

458

925

* Source: Omnicom (Defra science database). Figures exclude research on food (post farm gate), biodiversity conservation through agri-environment schemes, plant health and pesticide safety.

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