HC Deb 16 July 1992 vol 211 cc893-4W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fishing ports are owned or managed by the Crown Estate Commissioners.

Mr. Lamont

None. Where the commissioners own land required for a port, it may be leased to the operators of the individual ports.

Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many miles of the coastline of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland are owned or managed by the Crown Estate Commissioners.

Mr. Lamont

I regret that it has not been possible to provide an answer before the summer recess. I shall therefore write to the hon. Member and place a copy of the letter in the Library.

the data underlying that earlier reply. The full information for societies grouped by reference to their accounting date is shown in the table: