§ Ms DrownTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much the Government spent on research and development relating to(a) organic farming, (b) genetic engineering biotechnology and (c) agricultural biotechnology at 1999 prices, in each of the most recent 10 years for which figures are available. [83241]
§ Mr. RookerDetails of how much Government spent on the research and development of(a) organic farming, (b) agricultural genetic engineering and (c) agricultural biotechnology are shown in the tables. All the figures are given at 1999 prices.
(a) Organic farming £000 Year MAFF SOAEFD BBSRC Total 1994–95 1,030 161 42 1,233 1995–96 950 178 14 1,142 1996–97 1,173 183 0 1,356 1997–98 954 192 0 1,146 1998–99 1,576 240 0 1,816
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(b) Agricultural genetic engineering (including risk assessment research) £000 Year MAFF DETR SOAEFD Total 1994–95 377 531 183 1,091 1995–96 1,827 419 625 2,871 1996–97 1,769 371 1,045 3,185 1997–98 1,876 647 1,618 4,141 1998–99 2.718 856 2,230 5,804 BBSRC could not provide figures for agricultural genetic engineering because it proved too difficult for them to separate agricultural genetic engineering from biotechnology.
(c) Agricultural biotechnology (excluding agricultural genetic engineering) £000 Year MAFF SOAEFD DANI BBSRC Total 1994–95 17,347 4,002 unavailable unavailable 21,349 1995–96 18,260 6,393 unavailable unavailable 24,653 1996–97 21,173 6,805 1,000 unavailable 29,029 1997–98 23,339 7,429 1,000 113,800 46,318 1998–99 26,191 5,729 1,200 114,500 48,415 1As explained in (b), the BBSRC figures do not distinguish between agricultural biotechnology and agricultural genetic engineering Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.