§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown for each of the last five years of Government and other funding, respectively, of research into tuberculosis in badgers, including work on developing a live test and a vaccine for badgers.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 19 May 1988]: Funds provided by the Government for research into bovine tuberculosis in badgers during the last five years are as follows:
Year Diagnostic test in live badgers Vaccine Other relevant work (estimated) 1983–84 12,361 78,415 91,000 1984–85 4,585 87,455 94,000 1985–86 24,598 166,734 95,000 1986–87 58,543 173,475 100,000 1987–88 313,738 43,686 102,000 Information on funding from other sources is not available.