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Government Departments: Research and Data

Answer

All Defra evidence contracts are closely monitored by Defra specialists working with policy colleagues. Contract variations are required if there are significant changes to any of the details in the original agreement (eg costs, required outputs, timetable, research team, etc). The variation to the project ““DefrapH—A study to define the present state of UK waters with respect to potential changes in the degree of acidification of these waters, combining collection of new data over two years, review pre-existing information and numerical analysis””, was for £21,924 in financial years 2010-11. This was for additional vital research, facilitating the wider ocean acidification programme. The output of the variation was to produce a desk review on current knowledge for purposes of resolving issues on the interactions between ocean carbonate chemistry in shelf seas and how this affects modelling and calculation of pH. The results from the desk review were made available to those scientists involved in calculating pH from the samples arising from the NERC-Defra OA programme. Latterly, in March 2011, the DefrapH project was varied again, with a ““no cost”” extension, to allow the contractors to finish off the final report from the larger DefrapH for publication.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11195; 729 c366WA

Session

2010-12

Related items

Government Departments: Research and Data
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Written questions
House of Lords

Notes

Answer received between Thursday 21 July and Monday 25 July 2011.

Subjects

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Water Research Acidification

Link

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