§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the research establishments and projects respectively which have been granted moneys from the Agricultural and Food Research Council; and if he will list the amounts involved.
§ Mr. Alan Howarth[holding answer 20 December 1990]: The research institutes that have received grants from the AFRC to meet recurrent and capital expenditure in the year to 31 March 1991 are as follows, the amount of the grants also being shown:
£'000 Institute of Arable Crops Research 11,235 Institute of Animal Health 15,711 Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research 12,382 Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research 10,512 Horticulture Research International 9,868 Institute of Plant Science Research 6,114 Institute of Food Research 16,249 Institute of Engineering Research 4,729 The AFRC currently makes approximately 1,069 research grants to some 64 higher education institutions, totalling approximately £52 million, of which about £15 million is allocated per annum. Full details are given in a detailed print out which I am sending to the hon. Member. Copies have been placed in the Library.
Further information relating to projects undertaken in AFRC institutes and higher education institutions supported by AFRC is included in the AFRC handbook 1990, copies of which have also been placed in the Library.