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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Maclean: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on fisheries in each of the past five years; and what is his estimate of spending on fisheries in each of the next three years. [102397] Mr. Morley: Grant in aid paid by the Department of the Environment to the National Rivers Authority, the Environment Agency's predecessor, for salmon and freshwater fisheries work was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1994-95 {1}11.1 1995-96 {1}9.7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} England and Wales Details of grant in aid paid by MAFF to the Environment Agency are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1996-97 {1}7.5 1997-98 {1}7.4 1998-99 {2}22.1 1999-2000 {3}4.8 2000-01 {3}4.8 2001-02 {3}3.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} England and Wales. {2} In 1998-99 there was a temporary change in the rules whereby all revenue from licence fees was returned to Treasury but with an equivalent increase in grant in aid. The underlying figure for MAFF grant in aid is £7.9 million, which included a one-off additional payment of £0.5 million to assist the enforcement of the salmon conservation byelaws. {3} England only.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

341 c232W; 102397

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Fisheries Expenditure Grants Environment Agency National Rivers Authority Salmon

Contains statistics

Yes