Written Question · S2W-05611 · Session 2
When it will complete its research organisation assessment exercise on agricultural research funding; whether it will publish all options c…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will complete its research organisation assessment exercise on agricultural research funding; whether it will publish all options considered as part of, and papers relevant to, the exercise, and what information it has on the extent to which there has been consultation with staff, the public and other relevant parties.
The answer
The research organisation assessmentexercise was an assessment of performance of research carried out at the researchorganisations and has now been completed.
The individual reports of the Institutes of the assessment exercise are confidential although a summaryof the outcomes and general conclusions overall will be contained in the FourthAnnual Report of the Agricultural and Biological Research Strategy 1999-2003 dueto be published shortly.
Relevant members of staff of the research organisations have been fully involved in the research organisationassessment exercise.
Part of the assessmentexercise included an assessment of end use relevance for each of the instituteswhich involved a large consultation on the relevance of end-users. Responses tothis consultation exercise were provided in confidence.
The individual reports of the Institutes of the assessment exercise are confidential although a summaryof the outcomes and general conclusions overall will be contained in the FourthAnnual Report of the Agricultural and Biological Research Strategy 1999-2003 dueto be published shortly.
Relevant members of staff of the research organisations have been fully involved in the research organisationassessment exercise.
Part of the assessmentexercise included an assessment of end use relevance for each of the instituteswhich involved a large consultation on the relevance of end-users. Responses tothis consultation exercise were provided in confidence.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-05611 by reference.