Government Chemist: Finance

(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding from the public purse has been allocated to the Government Chemist in each of the last ten years.


This question was answered on 18th December 2017

The Government Chemist fulfils statutory and advisory functions, both of which are funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The budget allocated to the Government Chemist programme between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2018 is as follows:

2007/8

2008/9

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2017/18

£1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.1m

£1.12m

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