Written question asked by Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 30 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 February 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 February 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is included in the Environment Agency's budget for the maintenance of fish stocks; and what that figure was in 1992. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much is included in the Environment Agency's budget for the maintenance of fish stocks; and what that figure was in 1992. [95482] Mr. Morley: In 2002-03 the Environment Agency's total forecast fisheries budget for England and Wales is £26.5 million, of which the Government (Defra and the National Assembly Government) will provide £9.8 million in grant-in-aid, to help meet the Agency's statutory duty in relation to salmon and freshwater fisheries. In 1992 the total fisheries budget of the National Rivers Authority (the Environment Agency's predecessor) for England and Wales was £23.6 million of which the Government provided £13 million in grant- in-aid.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 95482; 399 c280W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Conservation Finance Fisheries Environment Agency Rivers Salmon Fish farming Freshwater fish
Contains statistics: Yes
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