date: Fri Oct 17 12:30:26 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: RE: Parliamentary Question- Government funding to CRU
to: "Humphrey, Kathryn (CEOSA)" <kathryn.humphrey@DEFRA.GSI.GOV.UK>

    Kathryn,
       Good - nothing to do, for the moment.  Don't read too much into my note about
    the UEA/CRU relationship. CRU is part of the School of Environmental Sciences (ENV)
    which is part of UEA. Issue is that CRU is more widely known outside the UK
    than ENV and even UEA, but a number of people in ENV and UEA don't seem
    to appreciate this.
        Useful to know if you do find out any more about this MP. See you on the 3rd.
    Cheers
    Phil
   At 20:06 16/10/2008, you wrote:

     Hi Phil,

     Thanks for your prompt reply.  I found out after emailing you that wed had in three PQs
     on the same subject and after some discussion decided that we could offer a nil return
     as the wording specifically relates to grants and subsidies which our finance people
     have told us that research contracts do not fall into (this is more related to funding
     from research councils etc).  So no need to do any work but interesting to note your
     point re the UEA and CRU relationship.

     Ill let you know if we get anything else coming from this gentleman!

     Kind Regards,

     Kathryn

     From: Phil Jones [[1]mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
     Sent: 16 October 2008 15:54
     To: Humphrey, Kathryn (CEOSA); C Goodess
     Subject: Re: Parliamentary Question- Government funding to CRU

      Kathryn,
         We'll try and send you something tomorrow. Can I clarify some things?
      I presume you just want to know about Govt Depts (i.e. not NERC and other
      research councils and not other UK funding bodies like the EA)?
        If you want a full list of everything, this won't be possible as our admin
      person is away this and next week.
        Also there is no money directly to CRU - all goes to UEA. This applies
      for all our grants and contracts - none come directly to CRU. I wish sometimes
      that they did, but UEA deals with everything. This would be the same with any
      UK University Dept.
         The only major one with DEFRA since 1998 (apart from UKCIP) is the LINK project -
     which BADC
      now have and run.  We had this from the early 1990s through to about 3-4 years ago.
         We have no subsidies - all are grants which we get or don't get through competitive
      tenders or grant calls from the research councils.
        No idea why he's asked this. It could be he's had questions from a constituent
      who has been looking at blog sites. There is a belief in the blogosphere that govts
      just shower places like CRU with money, but believe you me we have to write proposals
      like everyone else!  We don't just say to the govt, the climate's changing and govt
      says great here's a few hundred K.
      Cheers
      Phil
     At 14:38 16/10/2008, Humphrey, Kathryn (CEOSA) wrote:
     Hi Phil and Clare,
     Wonder if you could help me!  Ive just had a Parliamentary Question in from Jonathan
     Djanogly (Huntingdon)- asking how much funding by way of grants and subsidies Government
     has provided to CRU since 1998.  Deadline for a response is 11am. on Monday.
     The WG contract funding is stipulated as just for UEA in the contract and not CRU
     specifically; Phil could you confirm that this is correct?
     If there are any contracts that have had with you since 1998 that I might not know about
     it would also be helpful to know what they were...Ill check on the system though.
     Do you have any idea why this MP might want to know?
     Kathryn
     Kathryn Humphrey
     Domestic Impacts/Adaptation Evidence
     Adapting to Climate Change Programme
     Defra
     tel 0207 238 3362
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)


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