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 Thursday, 4 December 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Thursday, 4 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual budget of (a) the Trinity House Lighthouse Authority, (b) the Commissioners of the Irish Lights and (c) the Northern Lighthouse Board was in each of the last five years; how much was contributed by the central fund to the Northern Lighthouse Board in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Answer: John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the annual budget of (a) the Trinity House Lighthouse Authority, (b) the Commissioners of the Irish Lights and (c) the Northern Lighthouse Board was in each of the last five years; [141749] (2) how much was contributed by the central fund to the Northern Lighthouse Board in each of the last five years. [141751] Mr. Jamieson: The expenditure requirements of the three General Lighthouse Authorities are met from the General Lighthouse Fund. The annual expenditure from 1998-99 to 2002-03 is set out in the following table. £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Trinity House Lighthouse Northern Lighthouse Board Commissioners of Irish Lights 1998-99 29,362 22,057 13,401 1999-2000 28,587 28,185 13,701 2000-01 30,364 22,930 15,077 2001-02 30,203 24,210 16,168 2002-03 31,998 22,385 16,034 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 415 c158W; 141749;141751
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Finance Lighthouses Commissioners of Irish Lights General Lighthouse Authorities General Lighthouse Fund Northern Lighthouse Board Trinity House
Contains statistics: Yes
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