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Written question asked by Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 March 2010. It was answered by Dan Norris (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Climate Change: Research

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding has been allocated to research into mitigation of the effects of climate change on (a) agriculture and (b) other industries in the last five years.
Answer

I have been asked to reply.(a) The funding allocated into research into the effects of climate change on agriculture in the past five years is as follows:

£
Mitigation Adaptation
2003-04 324,193 280,559
2004-05 324,193 280,559
2005-06 239,748 143,199
2006-07 987,775 292,554
2007-08 1,583,875 575,388
2008-09 1,717,622 269,354

(b) The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP), funded by DEFRA, has incorporated a business element that works with individual business or representative organisations to help develop risk management and adaptation strategies. UKCIP have developed free for user on-line tools specially designed for business, in addition to the climate change projections.We are unable to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to UKCIP for research into mitigating the effects of climate change in agriculture and business, as the work done by UKCIP is of benefit to all. However the total funding provided to UKCIP for the last five years is as follows:

£
2005-06 712,743
2006-07 799,000
2007-08 898,337
2008-09 1,322,900
2009-10 1,078,000
Total funding 4,810,980

In addition, as part of Government's cross-Department Adaptation to Climate Change programme established in 2008, a small business engagement team has been set up. In FY 2009-10 this team managed research projects on business opportunities from adaptation to climate change, business messaging and business advice totalling up to £160,000.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c937-8W; 322309
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Climate change Research
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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