HC Deb 08 March 1989 vol 148 cc530-1W
Mr. David Blunkett

To ask the Prime Minister if she will list the Civil Service salary scales on which special advisers attached to Government Ministries are paid, giving by Department employing the special advisers the scale upon which they are placed.

The Prime Minister

Special advisers are not paid on Civil Service salary scales but, with some exceptions, on a special advisers spine comprising 28 points, as follows:

Scale point Salary (inclusive)
£
28 40,520
27 39,570
26 38,625
25 37,420
24 36,210
23 34,560
22 33,280
21 32,000
20 30,660
19 29,310
18 27,960

Scale point Salary (inclusive)
£
17 26,620
16 25,015
15 23,995
14 23,185
13 22,375
12 21,530
11 20,755
10 20,120
9 19,225
8 18,545
7 17,945
6 17,350
5 16,740
4 15,850
3 15,305
2 14,845
1 13,975

The two most senior special advisers are paid personal salaries above the spine limit of £40,250; two other special

Expenditure on research and development in England and Wales by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. £ million
Financial Year Agriculture Horticulture Top Fruit1 Soft Fruit
1978–792 4 41.8 9.5 2.3 0.7
1979–802 3 46.8 10.5 2.3 0.7
1980–812 59.6 13.4 2.6 1.0
1981–822 71.8 13.7 2.9 1.0
1982–83 83.7 17.3 3.0 1.5
1983–84 85.5 17.1 3.2 1.5
1984–85 88.4 18.6 3.3 1.6
1985–86 84.3 18.2 3.3 1.5
1986–87 84.7 19.1 3.3 1.2
1987–88 75.3 18.1 3.5 1.3
1Top fruit is primarily apples and pears but includes other fruits such as plums and cherries.
2For these years certain expenditure now classified as research and development was excluded.
3These figures include payments which should have been made in 1978–79.
4These figures exclude payments which were delayed until 1979–80 as a result of industrial action.

Agricultural research and development is also funded through the votes of the Department of Education and Science, Department of Agriculture for Scotland and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.

My Department does not hold information on the expenditure on research undertaken privately other than research funded by industry since 1986 through levies. This expenditure is shown in the following table:

Levy-funded Expenditure on Research and Development by Industry
Financial Year 1986–87 1987–88
£ million £ million
Agriculture 45.0 9.4
Horticulture 0.2 1.0
Top Fruit1 2 0.1 0.1
Soft Fruit3 0.1 0.1
1Top Fruit is primarily applies and pears but includes other fruits such as plums and cherries.
2Funding by the Apple and Pear Development Council.
3Funding by the Horticultural Development Council.
4Approximate figure.

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