Lord Gardiner of Kimble corrected a written answer on Non-native Species

21 February 2018 · Lords written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Baroness Redfern (Conservative, Life peer) asked written question HL5245 on 30 January 2018. Lord Gardiner of Kimble answered on 6 February 2018 for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Lord Gardiner of Kimble corrected the answer on 21 February 2018. The correction replaced 3 figures (£1.6m, £2.2m, £3.8m) with 7 figures (£145,000, £210,000, £335,000, £62,000, £80,000, £90,000). Altogether 98 words differ between the two versions.

The question

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.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~Animal~~ and ~~Plant Health Agency (APHA) spent £3.8m on~~ invasive non-native species in 2016/17 ~~including both direct costs~~ and ~~apportioned support staff~~ and overheads. APHA do not keep the split as requested but can further subdivide the cost between direct costs (£2.2m) and ~~apportioned support staff and overheads (£1.6m).~~	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.

Original

Corrected

~~Animal~~ and ~~Plant Health Agency (APHA) spent £3.8m on~~ invasive non-native species in 2016/17 ~~including both direct costs~~ and ~~apportioned support staff~~ and overheads.
APHA do not keep the split as requested but can further subdivide the cost between direct costs (£2.2m) and ~~apportioned support staff and overheads (£1.6m).~~

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.

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