Soil Survey and Land Research Centre (Hansard, 13 December 1990)

HC Deb 13 December 1990 vol 182 c474W 474W

§ Mr. John Garrett
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what reductions in funding and staffing of the Soil Survey are proposed for 1990–91.

§ Mr. Curry
No reduction in funding of the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre has taken place in 1990–91. In the current financial year the Department will be spending £552,800 on research at the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre. Changes in staffing arrangements are regarded as an internal matter to be handled solely by the Soil Survey and Land Research Centre's management.