§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what was the number of registered British fishing vessels(a) under 12 metres and (b) over 12 metres in length and the number of fishermen's lives lost from each in each of the last five years. [46477]
§ Ms Glenda Jackson[pursuant to her reply, 23 June 1998, c. 434]: The number of vessels on the UK fishing vessel register at 31 December in each of the last 5 years, both under 12 metres and 12 metres and over in length, and the numbers of fishermen's lives lost from vessels in those length ranges in each year are as follows:
Fishing vessels under 12 metres Fishing vessels 12 metres and over year Vessels on Register Lives lost Vessels on Register Lives lost 1993 9,219 10 1,871 8 1994 8,470 12 1,729 14 19951 7,499 8 1,652 11 1996 6,583 9 1,493 11 1997 6,354 8 1,425 21 1The total figure for the number of deaths for 1995 is reported as 16 in the MAIB Annual Report 1995 but has since been revised to 19 following the assumption of 3 deaths aboard the missing fishing vessel Provider Sources:
RSS for numbers of registered fishing vessels by calendar year (Note MSA Annual Report 1997–98 will quote MAFF figures for 1993 to 1996 and RSS for 1997). MAIB for the numbers of deaths by calendar year.