Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 10 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 July 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 July 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which regions of the UK are involved in GM field trials; and how many sites for GM field trials there are in the UK. - Inc figures and table.

Answer: Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which regions of the UK are involved in GM field trials; and how many sites for GM field trials there are in the UK. [125956] Mr. Morley: The following table shows the location, by county or region, of the 38 field trials of GM crops that are currently in progress in the UK. This number includes 18 sites which are part of the remaining farm scale evaluation trials, and 15 sites where statutory trials of seeds for UK National List purposes are taking place. Numbers in brackets indicate that there is more than one trial site in a particular county. Field trials of GM crops currently in progress _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Farm scale evaluation sites National seeds list trial sites Other GM crop research sites Aberdeenshire Cheshire Dorset Durham East Aberdeenshire Cambridgeshire (2) Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire (2) Norfolk Riding of Yorkshire (4) Fife Hertfordshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Lincolnshire (2) Kent Lincolnshire (2) Norfolk Oxfordshire Norfolk (4) North Yorkshire (2) Shropshire Tyne and Wear Warwickshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Worcestershire _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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