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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Monday, 18 June 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 June 2012. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 July 2012 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research grants funded from the public purse the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds received, by research project, in each of the last five years.

[113079]

Answer

This response reflects research that has been contracted with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) by DEFRA and Network bodies.

The following table (Table 1) lists research projects contracted to the RSPB by Core DEFRA.

Table 1
£
Title
 2007-08
 2008-09
 2009-10
 2010-11
 2011-12
 2012-13
Wetting up farmland for birds and other biodiversity
 20,614
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Wetting up Farmland for Biodiversity (Phase 2)
 0
 15,630
 52,991
 0
 0
 0
Management of wet grassland habitat to reduce the impact of predation on breeding waders: Phase 2
 25,843
 71,726
 57,281
 0
 0
 0
Cereal-based whole crop silages: a potential conservation mechanism for farmland birds in pastoral landscapes
 6,614
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Modified management of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird populations in pastoral landscapes
 121,153
 103,974
 32,512
 0
 0
 0
Grass silage as a new source of winter food for declining farmland birds
 38,630
 40,179
 9,518
 0
 0
 0
Effects of Environmental Stewardship on the distributions and populations of cirl buntings and other farmland birds in South Devon
 0
 0
 27,736
 5,191
 0
 0
Extension to BD1454: Modified management of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird foraging
 0
 0
 0
 80,308
 0
 0
Utility of lenient grazing of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird foraging (extension of BD5206)
 0
 0
 0
 0
 74,449
 73,051
National and Regional Wild Bird Indicators
 52,702
 58,239
 40,949
 19,543
 0
 0
Means of
 18,442
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Modified management of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird populations in pastoral landscapes
 121,153
 103,974
 32,512
 0
 0
 0
Grass silage as a new source of winter food for declining farmland birds
 38,630
 40,179
 9,518
 0
 0
 0
Effects of Environmental Stewardship on the distributions and populations of cirl buntings and other farmland birds in South Devon
 0
 0
 27,736
 5,191
 0
 0
Extension to BD1454: Modified management of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird foraging
 0
 0
 0
 80,308
 0
 0
Utility of lenient grazing of agricultural grassland to promote in-field structural heterogeneity, invertebrates and bird foraging (extension of BD5206)
 0
 0
 0
 0
 74,449
 73,051
National and Regional Wild Bird Indicators
 52,702
 58,239
 40,949
 19,543
 0
 0
Means of
 18,442
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0

Research Spend with the RSPB via the Joint Nature Conservation Committee is given in Table 3 as follows.

Table 3
£
Activities
 2007-08
 2008-09
 2009-10
 2010-11
 2011-12
Contribution to project on eradication of Rattus exulans from Henderson Island
 0
 0
 25,000
 0
 0
Contribution to Marine Species Identification project in Tristan da Cunha
 0
 0
 0
 3,000
 0

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
113079; 547 cc746-8W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Finance Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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