HC Deb 16 March 1989 vol 149 c345W
35. Mr. Ashley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the size of the budget within his Ministry for work related to consumer protection; and what plans he has to vary it.

Mr. Ryder

Many of the Ministry's programmes relate wholly or partly to consumer protection. In 1987–88 the programmes devoted entirely to this area of work took up an estimated 5 per cent. of the Ministry's total budget, and 8 per cent. of its running costs. Further details are given in our publication "Ministerial Information in MAFF (MINIM) 1988", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.