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Written question asked by Alex Salmond (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 18 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 June 2008. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 June 2008 on behalf of the Treasury.


Share Fishermen

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer from which HM Revenue and Customs offices the Share Fisherman’s Scheme is administered; and how much duty was collected from this scheme in each of the last five years, broken down by location.
Answer

The Share Fisherman’s Scheme is administered by two HM Revenue and Customs’ offices: for England, Wales and Northern Ireland it is administered by a fishing unit based in Newton Abbot and for Scotland by a fishing unit based in Peterhead.Payments received under the scheme in the last five years are as follows:

£
England, Wales and NI Scotland
2003 924,330 8,784,956
2004 1,149,963 5,254,087
2005 1,510,180 4,636,486
2006 1,594,124 4,804,904
2007 1,924,492 4,540,353

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
213084; 478 c387W;478 c389W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Taxation Share fishermen
Link
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