Written question asked by Anne Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 February 2005. It was answered by Alun Michael (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 February 2005 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, what (a) her Department's expenditure and (b) the expenditure of each agency for which she is responsible was on research and development relating to UK university departments and research centres in each year between 2001-02 and 2003-04. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Anne Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) her Department's expenditure and (b) the expenditure of each agency for which she is responsible on research and development relating to UK university departments and research centres in each year between 2001-02 and 2003-04. [206996] Alun Michael: Defra is a major funder of research, currently spending over £150 million per annum on research services. The research budget is held within core-Defra. It is spent directly with contractor organisations and not accounted for through any of Defra's Executive Agencies. The figures provided are, therefore, limited to Defra expenditure alone. Defra R and D expenditure _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £000 2001-02 18,284 2002-03 16,000 2003-04 17,379 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 206996; 430 c1365W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Executive agencies Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Expenditure Government departments Universities Research
Contains statistics: Yes
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