§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the research projects undertaken during the last two years in collaboration with 331W the Game Conservancy, indicating, in each case, the amounts paid by his Department and the percentage of each project's total cost this represented.
§ Mr. CurryOver the last two years my Department has provided funding for three research projects which are being carried out by the Game Conservancy. Under the co-operative awards in science and engineering (CASE) scheme it has also funded five studentships in collaboration with the Game Conservancy at two universities. The detailed information is as follows:
1Amount £'000 2Percentage Relating field and crop management characters to insect populations in cereals 24 100 Pilot study of grazing by hares and deer on double low oilseed rape 4 100 The feeding behaviour of wild vertebrates in relation to the glucosinolate and S-methyl cysteine sulphoxide (SMCO) content of oilseed rape. (In collaboration with the Scottish Crop Research Institute) 11 100 The impact of autumn insecticide applications on the natural enemies of cereal aphids. Consequences for barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) spread and summer aphid attack. (University—Southampton) 3 100 Hedgerows as reservoirs of beneficial insects: creation, modification and manipulation of field boundaries to enhance their contributions to pest suppression in cereals. (University— Southampton) 10 80 Spatial and temporal consequences of the effects of insecticides on the non-target invertebrate fauna of winter wheat. (University—Southampton) 9 78 Movements of insects across field margins and hedgerows. (University—East Anglia) 1 75 Evaluating the potential hazard of synthetic pyrethroids to non-target invertebrates under realistic conditions of exposure in cereal fields. (University—Southampton) 3 83 1 Of MAFF funding over the last 2 years (1988–89 and 1989–90). 2 Of MAFF funding in relation to total cost.