Question follow-through · 53772

Genetically Modified Organisms: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding for (a) agricultural genetic modification research and development and (b) precision breeding techniques has been allocated to (i) non-UK compan

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
20 May 2025
Target answer date
22 May 2025
Answer
30 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding for (a) agricultural genetic modification research and development and (b) precision breeding techniques has been allocated to (i) non-UK compan

  2. 22 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 May 2025

    Answer published

    Innovate UK invested £0.15 million (2023) and £1.2 million (2024) into UK companies undertaking research using precision breeding techniques in crops and farmed animals. Innovate UK has not funded any agricultural genetic modification research and develop...

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