§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the annual expenditure on the running of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland fishery protection service for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. YoungerThe direct costs of operating and maintaining the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland fishery protection service for each of the last 10 years is set out in column 1. Estimated crew costs are readily available only for the last three years of the series and are shown in column 2. The figures do not include capital costs or depreciation of vessels.
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Column 1 Operation and maintenance of DAFs fishery protection vessels Column 2 Crew Costs Column 3 Total £ £ £ 1971–72 235,697 1972–73 262,317 1973–74 214,187 1974–75 267,729 1975–76 366,262 1976–77 557,257 1977–78 753,238 1978–79 772,423 1,000,000 1,772,423 1979–80 1,059,089 1,100,000 2,159,089 1980–81 1,296,253 1,250,000 2,546,253