HC Deb 28 April 1987 vol 115 c68W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the number of fishing vessels registered in Grimsby for 1979–80 and the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The records of the numbers of fishing vessels registered at ports in the United Kingdom are for calendar years. The numbers registered at Grimsby at 31 December in each of the years 1979, 1980 and 1986 (the latest year for which figures are available) is as follows:

Number
1979 283
1980 271
1986 162