Speeches

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer on 2016-06-15.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the expenditure on soil research by all UK research councils in each year since 2006.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The annual spend on research related to soil science through the Research Councils is provided in the table below.

Financial Year

Spend

2005-06

£13.3M*

2006-07

£16.9M*

2007-08

£19.7M*

2008-09

£15.4M*

2009-10

£17.3M*

2010-11

£24.1M

2011-12

£20.6M

2012-13

£24.2M

2013-14

£31.2M

2014-15

£20.8M

2015-16

£45.1M

*Data is not available for the Arts and Humanities Research Council prior to 2010-11.