§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what public funds have been made available to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland for operational research, development and advisory work in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownIn the financial year 1976–77 the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland made available to eight Agricultural Research Institutes and three Agricultural Colleges maintenance grants totalling £14.06 million for these purposes. In addition, grants for capital expenditure totalling £2.2 million were made available to the Institutes and Colleges for the provision of building and equipment required for these functions and the agricultural educational work of the Colleges.
The estimated expenditure by the Department on agricultural and botanical research and development in 1976–77 at the Agricultural Scientific Services Station and the Royal Botanic Garden was £0.58 million.
The cost of the fisheries research conducted at the Department's Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Laboratories in 1976–77—including capital, maintenance and the running costs for research vessels—was £3.1 million comprising: £2.7 million for the marine and £0.4 million for the freshwater research programmes.
§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what public funds have ben made available to the East of Scotland College of Agriculture, the North of Scotland College of Agriculture and the West of Scotland College of Agriculture for operational research, development and advisory work in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Hugh D. BrownIn the financial year 1976–77 the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland made available to the three Colleges maintenance grants totalling £6 million for their 137W agricultural research, development and advisory functions. Separate cost allocations for these functions are not available. In addition, grants totalling £0.9 million were made available to the Colleges in that year for capital works and equipment required for these functions and for their agricultural educational work.