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Written question asked by Baroness Redfern (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Animals and Plants: Disease Control

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent in each of the past ten years on biosecurity in England in relation to (1) animal health, (2) bee health, (3) fish health, (4) invasive non-native species, (5) plant health, and (6) tree health, broken down by (a) policy functions, (b) inspectorate functions, (c) technical support functions, (d) response and control functions, and (e) research.

Answer

Data on all these matters are not held centrally. Collation of this information would involve finance teams across five different organisations (Defra, APHA, Environment Agency, Fera and the Forestry Commission) analysing, collating and reconciling ten years of financial data stored in different formats and IT platforms. As a result, we are not able to provide the information within the given timeframe.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3981
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Animals Expenditure Disease control Plants Pest control Non-native species
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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