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Treasury

Answer

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Crown Estate has received from rents paid by shellfish farmers in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last 10 years. [209747] Dawn Primarolo: The following table shows the rents received in Orkney, Shetland, Scotland and the UK, over the last 10 years. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Orkney Shetland Mainland and Scotland England and Northern UK totals Western Isles totals Wales Ireland 2003-04 700 20,300 58,300 79,300 6,100 19,100 104,500 2002-03 1,100 15,300 69,200 85,600 6,800 7,600 100,000 2001-02 1,100 10,500 68,300 79,900 4,700 14,100 98,700 2000-01 1,300 7,700 65,100 74,100 1,000 7,900 83,000 1999-2000 1,000 4,900 58,800 64,700 1,700 8,200 74,600 1998-99 900 3,800 59,800 64,500 700 3,900 69,100 1997-98 1,000 1,700 61,200 63,900 600 4,000 68,500 1996-97 900 300 58,100 59,300 1,000 3,700 64,000 1995-96 900 500 57,900 59,300 600 5,400 65,300 1994-95 900 400 59,900 61,200 700 5,400 67,300 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

209747; 430 c160-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Crown Estate Fisheries Income Scotland Rents Shellfish Shetland Orkney Fish farming

Contains statistics

Yes

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