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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

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Mr. Charles Clarke: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many food research projects submitted to his Department for funding by the Central Science Laboratory in (1) 1996-97 and (2) 1997-98 which were (i) commissioned, (ii) deemed by the independent appraisal panel to be of sufficient quality to merit departmental funding and (iii) not deemed to be of sufficient quality to merit such funding were based primarily at (a) Sand Hutton, York and (b) Colney Lane, Norwich. [37957] Mr. Rooker: [holding answer 6 April 1998]: The information requested, relating to research proposals submitted by the Central Science Laboratory to my Department, for funding in 1996-97 and 1997-98, is detailed. Research proposals submitted to MAFF by CSL for funding _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Proposals for funding in 1996-97 (submitted to Proposals for funding in 1997-98 (submitted to MAFF in 1995) MAFF in 1996) Short-term research Long-term research Short-term research Long-term research (applied) (strategic) (applied) (strategic) Total number of CSL 45 46 43 24 proposals considered CSL Norwich 22 22 40 19 CSL Torry 22 23 3 3 CSL Slough 1 1 0 2 CSL York 0 0 0 0 Number of CSL proposals 15 14 12 10 commissioned CSL Norwich 13 11 12 8 CSL Torry 2 3 0 0 CSL Slough 0 0 0 0 CSL York 0 0 2 0 Number deemed by an n/a 25 n/a 23 independent Appraisal Panel to be suitable for MAFF funding CSL Norwich n/a 12 n/a 18 CSL Torry n/a 12 n/a 3 CSL Slough n/a 1 n/a 2 CSL York n/a 0 n/a 0 Number deemed by an n/a 12 n/a 1 independent Appraisal Panel to be unsuitable for MAFF funding CSL Norwich n/a 8 n/a 1 CSL Torry n/a 4 n/a 0 CSL Slough n/a 0 n/a 0 CSL York n/a 0 n/a 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Where n/a appears in the tables above, projects were appraised within MAFF with independent advice sought where necessary. These proposals were not considered by the independent Appraisal Panels. This is the case for all short term (applied) research proposals submitted to MAFF. 2. Proposals were not submitted from CSL York until 1997 (for funding in 1997-98), once staff had completed moves to CSL York from CSL Torry and CSL Slough.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

310 c232-4W; 37957

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Agriculture Finance Food Norwich Technology Research Science York Central Science Laboratory Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Contains statistics

Yes