Food Research And Development

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list total Government expenditure on food research and development for each year from 1978–79 to 1992–93 in (a) cash and (b) constant prices and set out projected Government expenditure on food research and development for each year from 1993–94 to 1996–97 in (i) cash and (ii) constant prices.

[holding answer 21 April 1993]: Government funding for food research and development is mainly directed through the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, the Agricultural and Food Research

Agriculture and Food Research Council institute staffing 1979–1986¹
	1979		1980		1981		1982		1983		1984		1985		1986
Institute	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science	Science	Non-science
ABRO	99	113	77	138	63	131	64	130	57	119	62	92	70	79	85	78
IRAD	137	189	132	191	117	175	119	175	122	165	109	140	97	127	80	115
IAP	152	146	188	178	189	175	191	173	187	175	174	174	165	153	199	143
FRI (IFR, N)	109	66	126	66	140	64	154	64	168	72	207	79	195	78	—	—
MRI (IFR, B)	124	83	125	83	115	88	122	88	128	79	137	85	143	74	—	—
PRC	109	114	107	114	114	102	115	101	115	97	116	94	111	83	106	68
LL	77	37	78	37	76	45	80	44	80	43	68	36	—	—	—	—
WRO	95	54	91	57	84	50	88	52	86	52	75	45	—	—	—	—
Units	160	45	123	19	136	22	132	22	129	30	135	34	141	39	122	35
AVRI	126	180	131	176	111	171	110	171	110	171	110	170	95	129	88	118
EMRS	180	184	174	188	164	185	161	176	162	176	153	169	141	157	—	—
GCRI	141	109	140	124	138	122	138	122	137	122	133	120	123	106	—	—
GRI (AGRI)	187	114	178	110	178	111	186	124	183	124	182	119	262	186	249	173
HRD	8	—	8	—	6	—	7	—	7	—	6	—	5	—	—	—
HPRS	90	130	88	123	91	114	90	114	90	113	90	107	90	101	92	80
JII	84	77	84	78	86	78	85	82	85	77	78	73	86	63	120	65
LARS	163	114	163	115	159	114	169	119	158	115	152	116	197	143	152	101
NIAE	149	267	148	271	140	256	145	270	141	273	198	264	129	268	144	245
NIRD (IFR, R)	271	224	261	226	261	232	266	238	262	232	261	234	121	82	—	—
NVRS	140	74	139	73	135	73	146	77	144	79	144	76	129	70	—	—
PBI²	169	79	157	80	163	82	162	82	159	81	151	76	139	77	160	73
RES	426	211	421	214	415	214	420	212	391	189	373	188	371	182	347	179
SSLRC³	65	15	65	15	63	15	63	14	62	15	63	15	60	15	34	6
WPBS	156	115	156	123	154	122	158	119	153	119	149	117	132	113	125	99
IFR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	534	226
IHR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	360	315
Total	3,417	2,740	3,360	2,799	3,298	2,741	3,371	2,769	3,316	2,718	3,326	2,623	3,002	2,325	2,997	2,119
¹ Pre restructuring.
² Part of the PBI was transferred to Unilver plc from 1 October 1987.
³ The SSLRC became part of the Cranfield Institute of Technology on 1 July 1987.

Council, the Scottish Office Agriculture and Food Department and the Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland. The aggregated expenditure classified as food research and development from these sources in the past three years is as follows:

£ million
	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93
Cash prices	33·4	34·7	38·6
1992–93 Prices	36·9	35·9	38·6

Figures for years before 1990–91 and estimates of future expenditure are not held centrally.

A number of other Government bodies fund research into food research but figures on their expenditure are not held centrally. Although comprehensive figures on Government funded research and development are published in the Annual Review of Government Funded Research and Development, food research and development is not a classification that is used.

Volume 223: debated on Tuesday 27 April 1993