Agricultural Development Advisory Service (Hansard, 13 February 1992)

§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish figures showing the total budget of the Agricultural Development Advisory Service in Wales in each year since 1978–79.

§ Mr. Curry
The budgetary costs for the Agricultural Development Advisory Service, as currently constituted in Wales for the last three years and the current year to date are as follows:

£000's

1988–89 ¹5,950

1989–90 ¹5,878

1990–91 ¹5,780

²1991–92 3,541

¹ Includes costs of Trawsgoed experimental husbandry farm transferred to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research on 31 March 1991.

² To end December 1991.

Prior to this separate delegated budgets for Wales are not identifiable, and figures could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many people are currently employed by the Agricultural Development Advisory Service in Wales; and if he will publish the total numbers employed within each experimental husbandry farm.
616W

§ Mr. Curry
There are currently 177 permanent staff employed by the Agricultural Development Advisory Service in Wales and 12 of these staff are employed at Pwllpeiran experimental husbandry farm.

	£000's
1988–89	¹5,950
1989–90	¹5,878
1990–91	¹5,780
²1991–92	3,541
¹ Includes costs of Trawsgoed experimental husbandry farm transferred to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research on 31 March 1991.
² To end December 1991.