Written question asked by Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour) on Monday, 28 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 April 2005. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency budget was for (a) coastguards, (b) ship inspectors, (c) depots and (d) emergency towing vessels in each year since it was established.

Answer: Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency budget was for (a) coastguards, (b) ship inspectors, (c) depots and (d) emergency towing vessels in each year since it was established. [224603] Mr. Jamieson: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's expenditure is set out in the following table: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Coastguard Ship inspectors Accommodation Emergency towing vessels Resource accounts 2003-04 13 6 6 10 2002-03 13 5 6 11 2001-02 13 5 6 7 Cash accounts 2000-01 14 5 8 8 1999-2000 15 6 8 7 1998-99 13 7 7 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The resource accounts figures include depreciation and capital charge which are not included within the cash accounts outturns.

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