HL Deb 02 February 1999 vol 596 cc193-4WA
Lord Wallace of Saltaire

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What has been the cost of patrolling the waters around the Channel Islands in the past two years, including fishery patrols; and how this cost has been financed. [HL580]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue)

Fisheries enforcement in the waters around the Channel

Kind of Accident 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 11997–98
Contact with moving machinery or material being machined 2 3 0 2 2
Struck by moving inc. flying/falling object 5 10 6 12 12
Struck by moving vehicle 10 10 14 10 6
Strike against something fixed or stationary 1 0 0 1 2
Injured whilst handling, lifting or carrying 0 1 0 0 1
Slip, trip or fall on same level 0 1 2 0 1

Islands is undertaken and funded by the relevant Island Authorities with occasional assistance from the Royal Navy's Fishery Protection Squadron on task to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. In 1997 and 1998 Royal Navy vessels spent some 55 patrol days in these waters at an approximate cost of £290,000 to the Ministry.