Subject	Predicate	Object
MqPj2r6c	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	yvhkhLcL
	answer has answering person	Mark Steven Spencer
	answer text	<p>The UK is legally required to maintain a database listing the varieties of available organic seed or seed potatoes. The regulation detailing that requirement notes that the database should help operators to find organic seed and seed potatoes. The UK database has been in operation since 2004, with a separate database for Northern Ireland going live in 2021 following EU-exit. Since its inception in 2004, Defra has delegated the operation and maintenance of the database, and production of the annual non-organic seed authorisation reports, to the Soil Association. In 2022-23, Defra paid the Soil Association £23,086 + VAT for carrying out those responsibilities.</p>
	answer given date	2023-11-23
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	MqPj2r6c
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	MqPj2r6c
yvhkhLcL	question has answer	MqPj2r6c
Mark Steven Spencer	answering person has answer	MqPj2r6c