§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much grant aid was given to the Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. William SheltonI have been asked to reply.
I understand that the Agricultural Research Council has made the following allocations to the Animal Breeding Research Organisation in the three years ending 31 March 1982. The amounts include receipts for work commissioned by other bodies, mainly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as well as grant-aid deriving from the science budget of my Department:
Year Amount £000 1979–80 1,852 1980–81 2,285 1981–82 2,601 (estimated)