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Written question asked by Viscount Thurso (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 28 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 8 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue from light dues has been collected from ships calling at ports in (a) Scotland, (b) the Isle of Man, (c) England and Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five financial years. - Inc tables.
Answer

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue from light dues has been collected from ships calling at ports in (a) Scotland, (b) the Isle of Man, (c) England and Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five financial years. [141747] Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is given in the following table. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Scotland 8,034,124.92 8,929,663.47 9,110,457.12 8,536,210.39 7,270,783.41 Isle of Man 44,424.38 20,635.93 19,012.13 19,400.57 26,074.60 England and Wales 54,942,311.20 55,756,005.50 57,923,611.28 62,489,782.79 60,343,913.47 Northern Ireland 617,011.16 662,503.18 599,414.51 662,195.49 637,721.11 R.O.I (Customs and Excise) 3,131,480.85 3,464,779.82 3,416,674.55 3,077,673.30 3,363,729.90 Total 66,769,352.51 68,833,587.90 71,069,169.59 74,785,262.54 71,642,222.49 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figures above are for General Light dues and does not include income from UK fishing vessels and tugs. The figures do not include any light dues refunds that were made. The figures for ROI are shown in sterling converted at an exchange rate based on the Bank of England average for each month. Pre-conversion figures shown as follows. R.O.I (Customs and Excise) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures 1998-99 3,597,474.41 1999-2000 4,246,163.66 2000-01 4,396,335.39 2001-02 4,144,997.18 2002-03 5,268,090.44 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
141747; 415 c200W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Finance Fees and charges Isle of Man Northern Ireland Light dues Lighthouses Scotland Republic of Ireland Shipping
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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