§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the total payments to fishing vessel owners on(a) subsidies and support, (b) compensation for loss of fishing and (c) decommissioning in each year since 1974.
§ Mr. JackThe following information on construction and modernisation grants and on decommissioning is readily available.
Construction and modernisation grants
Expenditure year by year is shown below, except that the figures prior to 1982–83 relate to grant approvals rather than to grant expenditure. £ million 1977–78 5.0 1978–79 5.4 1979–80 7.0 1980–81 5.2 1981–82 3.8 1982–83 8.1 1983–84 9.1 1984–85 12.3 1985–86 15.8 1986–87 19.1 1987–88 21.6 1988–89 19.8 1989–90 10.1 1990–91 7.7 1991–92 3.7 1992–93 1.2 Decommissioning
Expenditure on decommissioning between 1983 and 1986 totalled £18.4 million, and a further £7.8 million was spent under the 1993 scheme. There were no decommissioning schemes between 1974 and 19:33 and between 1986 and 1993.