HC Deb 23 March 2004 vol 419 c693W
Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has(a) allocated and (b) spent on scientific research into preventing cetacean strandings in UK waters in each of the past five years for which records are available. [155948]

Mr. Bradshaw

Figures for scientific research allocated and spent by Defra, in each of the past five (financial) years, on mitigating cetacean bycatch are;

  • 2003–04—£173,232
  • 2002–03—£220,582
  • 2001–02—£171,912
  • 2000–01—£155,308
  • 1999–2000—£93,510