Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent in the 2016–17 financial year on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species, broken down by (1) policy functions, (2) inspectorate functions, (3) technical support functions, for example, risk assessments and diagnostics, (4) response functions, including control activities, and (5) research.

Biosecurity and control of invasive non-native species are devolved matters.

In England in 2016/17 the government spent an estimated total of £922,000 on biosecurity measures relating to invasive non-native species.

The overall cost can be apportioned as £145,000 for policy functions, £90,000 on risk analysis, £335,000 for early warning and rapid response measures, £210,000 on coordination, £80,000 on communication and awareness raising activities, and £62,000 on research.