The Sugar Beet (Research and Education) Order 1987

SCHEDULE

PART I PROJECTS OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MATTERS AFFECTING THE GROWING OF HOME-GROWN BEET TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PERSONS OR BODIES DESCRIBED IN RELATION THERETO, AND ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE TO BE INCURRED IN CARRYING THEM OUT

A.

Research

	£	£	£
1.  Variety trials : National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge		73,982
2.  Agronomy, physiology, nutrition, pest and disease control:
Broom’s Barn Experimental Station	1,165,562
Less income from Broom’s Barn Experimental Station		132,550
		1,033,012
3.  Crop husbandry : Norfolk Agricultural Station		89,281
4.  Machinery experiments : Institute of Engineering Research		10,000
5.  Physiology : Rothamsted Experimental Station		42,238
6.  Rhizomania : MAFF Harpenden Laboratory		27,786
7.  Beet Yellows Virus : John Innes Institute		6,637
8.  Soil erosion : MAFF (ADAS), Cambridge		7,012
		1,289,948

B.

Education

British Sugar p.l.c.:
1.  Publicity:
(a) British Sugar Beet Review		30,000
(b) Film unit		1,150
(c) Warning schemes		9,200
		40,350
2.  Demonstrations:
(d) Salaries, programme and equipment		359,533
(e) Spring demonstration		27,600
(f) Autumn demonstration		57,500
(g) Silsoe College/British Sugar Soil Management project	40,250
		484,883
3.  Audit fee			1,092
		c/f 1,816,273

PART II GENERAL EXPENSES RELATING TO THE PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

	£	£	£
1.  Travelling and subsistence expenses of members and officers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee and its sub-committees			3,675
2.  Administrative charges:
(a) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food		19,448
(b) National Audit Office		1,470
			20,918
3.  Institut International de Recherches Betteravières:
(a) Subscriptions	9,550
Less recoverable subscriptions	1,350
		8,200
(b) Expenses and visits		12,090
			20,290
4.  Other items:
(a) Visits		450
(b) Contingencies		50,000
			50,450
			1,911,606