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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Andrew George: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much the United Kingdom has been awarded in 1998 to date from the European Fund for Fisheries Enforcement; and if he will list (a) the projects that will receive assistance, indicating the amount of grant (i) applied for and (ii) received, and (b) those projects that were put forward but not accepted. [59557] Mr. Morley: Information about Community assistance towards fisheries enforcement expenditure awarded to the United Kingdom in 1998 to date under the provisions of Commission Decision 98/439/EC is set out in the tables. Decisions on the eligibility of planned expenditure, the rate of Community financial contribution, and the conditions to which contributions may be subject are determined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3760/92. Central Government Departments including Executive Agencies _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total number of projects on which Total planned expenditure (£) Total planned expenditure Total grant aid awarded (£) grant aid has been awarded eligible for grant aid (£) 10 9,280,077 5,367,054 2,797,882 Total number of projects on which Total planned expenditure (£) Total planned aexpenditure Total grant aid awarded (£) grant aid has not been awarded eligible for grant aid (£) 13 1,974,254 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local Authority Fisheries Committees _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total number of projects on which Total planned expenditure (£) Total planned expenditure Total grant aid awarded (£) grant aid has been awarded eligible for grant aid (£) 7 9,700 9,700 4,850 Total number of projects on which Total planned expenditure (£) Total planned expenditure Total grant aid awarded (£) grant aid has not been awarded eligible for grant aid (£) 19 2,389,391 0 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Amounts based on ecu exchange rate applied by Commission at time grant awarded.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

59557; 319 c575W;319 c575-6W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Common fisheries policy Fisheries Enforcement EU grants and loans European Fisheries Fund

Contains statistics

Yes