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.