§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he
ANNUAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURE BY THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 1972–73 TO 1976–77 Expenditure by Research Institutes and Units Grants to University Department Total Research Expenditure Financial Year Agricultural Research Food Research All Research Agricultural Research Food Research All Research Agricultural Research Food Research All Research £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s £000s 1972–73* 18,544 2,280 20,824 800 7 807 19,344 2,287 21,631 1973–74* 19,801 2,626 22,427 853 16 869 20,654 2,642 23,296 1974–75* 24,359 3,262 27,621 840 15 855 25,199 3,277 28,476 1975–76† 26,921 3,612 30,533 987 34 1,021 27,908 3,646 31,554 1976–77‡ 32,408 4,353 36,761 1,472 58 1,530 33,880 4,411 38,291 Totals 122,033 16,133 138,166 4,952 130 5,082 126,985 16,263 143,248 * Actual. † Provisional. ‡ Estimated. Notes:
Figures for "food research" include all expenditure on post-harvest research on specific commodities, as well as food science and technology.
These figures include the cost of research carried out by the Council on commission from the Agricultural Departments.