Funding, expenditure, food issues & other matters

A. I. Clayton made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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Dear Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,

Please provide details of the following;

1. the funding DEFRA receive and from what sources,

2. ⁠details of all DEFRA spending since Jan 2020, with a full breakdown of such,

3. ⁠details of the respective percentages of expenditure spent directly on assuring food sovereignty for U.K.

4. details of the research has DEFRA has independently conducted to ensure the safety of consumption for humans on food that has received mRNA technology intervention(s),

5. ⁠details of how mRNA technology is being deployed within U.K. agriculture,

6. details of the degree to which mRNA technology deployment has already been rolled out in relation to U.K. agruculture,

7. ⁠the geographical location of any trials being conducted in the U.K. relating to mRNA in respect of livestock,

8. ⁠the geographical location of any trials involving mRNA technology which are being conducted in relation to plants/crops,

9. ⁠details of who is ultimately responsible for mRNA technology being, or to be, used in agriculture in the U.K.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

A. I. Clayton

informationrequests@defra.gov.uk,

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Dear AI Clayton,

Please find attached the response to your request of 15th March for
information on Funding, expenditure, food issues & other matters.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights Team

[email address]