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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

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Dr. Strang: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many scientists were employed by his Department and each of his Department's agencies at the most recent date available; how many were employed in each year since 1979; and if he will list each agency, service and central laboratory employing scientists on projects funded by his Department. [18025] Mr. Hogg: The numbers of staff in scientific grades, excluding veterinary grades, employed by my Department and its agencies at the most recent date available in 1997, and at 1 April in each year since 1979 are shown in the following table. The Meat Hygiene Service does not employ any staff in scientific grades. A list of establishments at which MAFF is currently funding research has already been supplied in a reply given to the hon. Gentleman today. Scientific staff employed in the Department and agencies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date MAFF VMD VLA CSL PSD ADAS Total 1 April 1979 1,826 -- -- -- -- -- 1,826 1 April 1980 2,051 -- -- -- -- -- 2,051 1 April 1981 1,983 -- -- -- -- -- 1,983 1 April 1982 1,916 -- -- -- -- -- 1,916 1 April 1983 1,836 -- -- -- -- -- 1,836 1 April 1984 1,713 -- -- -- -- -- 1,713 1 April 1985 1,736 -- -- -- -- -- 1,736 1 April 1986 1,755 -- -- -- -- -- 1,755 1 April 1987 1,650 -- -- -- -- -- 1,650 1 April 1988 1,661 -- -- -- -- -- 1,661 1 April 1989 1,645 11 -- -- -- -- 1,656 1 April 1990 1,437 12 260 -- -- -- 1,709 1 April 1991 1,450 14 288 -- -- -- 1,752 1 April 1992 726 19 294 302 -- 425 1,766 1 April 1993 802 18 286 301 -- 410 1,817 1 April 1994 555 19 307 {1}463 119 401 1,864 1 April 1995 605 19 317 493 121 360 1,915 1 April 1996 422 23 {2}515 488 128 336 1,912 1 January 1997 430 21 513 {3}399 127 281 1,771 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for the agencies are given from the date of their establishment. {1} The Central Science Laboratory Agency includes the MAFF food science laboratories from 1 April 1994. {2} The Veterinary Laboratories Agency includes the MAFF veterinary investigation service from 1 April 1996. {3} The Central Science Laboratory Agency co-located to a single site at Sand Hutton during 1996.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

18025; 291 c678-80W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Agriculture Civil servants Finance Staff Research Scientists Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Contains statistics

Yes