Research
(asked on 13th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts set out details of spend on research and development by the Core Department and its agencies, and total Departmental spend each year. The table below shows the information requested in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14 (the last financial year for which a set of accounts has been published).
Financial Year | Spend on Research and Development (£000) | Proportion of Total Departmental Spending |
2010-11 | 106,232 | 4.6% |
2011-12 | 108,998 | 4.5% |
2012-13 | 101,623 | 4.4% |
2013-14 | 92,304 | 4.3% |