§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (i) the successful applications(a) by location and (b) by value and the (ii) the total value of the awards made in the most recent round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme. [70714]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 22 February 1999]The information is as follows:
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Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 Area £ Company Location FIFG Award Kinloch Damph Ltd. Kishorn, Ross-shire 197,000 Lock Laxford Shellfish Ltd. Loch Laxford, Sutherland 78,110 Caledonian Oyster Company Loch Creran, Argyll 48,740 Rubha Mor Oysters Loch Creran, Argyll 15,070 Skerries Salmon Shetland 23,000 Shetland Norse Fish Farm Yell, Shetland 58,500 Hydro Seafoods GSP Ltd. Bixter, Shetland 35,250 Clousta Shellfish Aithsing, Shetland 5,450 Catfirth Bay Shellfish Catfirth Bay, Shetland 12,870 Total 473,990 FIFG Processing and Marketing—Objective 1 Area Shetland Catch Ltd. Lerwick 220,500 Whalsay Fish Processors Ltd. Whalsay 22,925 Saga Seafoods 1994 Ltd. Scalloway 88,025 Lerwick Fish Traders Ltd. Lerwick 44,380 D. Watt (Shetland) Ltd. Trondra, Shetland 129,052 Total 504,882 FIFG Processing and Marketing—Non-Objective 1 Area Granite City Fish Ltd. Aberdeen 25,163 International Fish Canners (Scotland) Ltd. Fraserburgh 109,400 Cool Seas (Seafoods) Ltd. Peterhead 250,000 Young's Seafood Annan 25,998 Whitelink Seafoods Ltd. Fraserburgh 51,500 Macfish Ltd. Fraserburgh 89,300 Laeso Fish Ltd. Peterhead 35,308 Croan Seafoods Ltd. Peterhead 89,182 Crube International Ltd. Fraserburgh 48,712 Messrs. George Downie Whitehills 70,630 Taste the Sea Ltd. Castle Douglas 53,570 Total 848,763
Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 Area £ Company Location FIFG Award FIFG Ports Facilities—Objective 1 Stornoway Pier and Harbour Stornoway 164,325 FIFG Ports Facilities—Non—Objective 1 Smith Maritime Ltd. Peterhead 79,672 Total 243,997 Total FIFG Assistance 2,071,632 These awards will also trigger Member State contribution from Scottish Office and Enterprise Network in excess of £600,000.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of eligible applications received by location which were not grant aided in the most recent round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme, indicating which had been carried forward from one or more earlier rounds. [70716]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 22 February 1999]The lists of eligible applications received which were not grant aided under the most recent round of awards under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme are as follows:
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Applicant Location Number of times deferred Aquaculture Projects—Objective 1 area North Minch Shellfish Lock Inchara 1st deferment Norquay Fish Farms Echnaloch Bay, Orkney 1st deferment John Eccles Hatcheries Hoy, Orkney 1st deferment Orkney Sea Farms Shapinsay, Orkney 1st deferment Ardencaple Oysters Ardencaple Bay, Argyll 1st deferment Balta Island Seafare Ltd. Balta Island, Shetland 1st deferment West Coast Oysters Oban, Argyll 1st deferment Slett Salmon Farms Ltd. Binna Ness, Shetland 1st deferment David Pollard Oban, Argyll 2nd deferment Highland Fish Farmers Ltd. Portree, Isle of Skye 2nd deferment Loch Ness (Lachs) Ltd. Loch Ness 2nd deferment Lakeland Unst Ltd. Hamar's Ness, Shetland 2nd deferment Migdale Smolt Ltd. Sutherland 2nd deferment Shetland Norse Fish Farm Ltd. Reafirth, Shetland 2nd deferment Ardvar Salmon Ltd. Drumbeg, Sutherland 2nd deferment Aquaculture Projects—Non-Objective 1 area Kinnaird Mill Trout Farm Brechin, Angus 1st deferment Mill of Elrick Fish Farm Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire 1st deferment Processing and Marketing Projects—Objective 1 area Osprey Seafoods (Highland) Ltd. Inverness 1st deferment Scrabster Seafoods Ltd. Scrabster 1st deferment Catfirth Bay Shellfish Scalloway 1st deferment Euroscot Seafoods Ltd. Inverness 1st deferment Lerwick Fish Traders Ltd. Lerwick 1st deferment Saga Seafoods 1994 Ltd. Scalloway 1st deferment Shetland Apero Lerwick 2nd deferment
Applicant Location Number of times deferred Processing and Marketing Projects—Non-Objective 1 area Fintarn Ltd. St. Monans 1st deferment Fresh Catch Ltd. Peterhead 1st deferment Caley Fisheries Ltd. Peterhead 1st deferment t/a Stephen Buchan R. Croan & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh 2nd deferment Ports facilities projects—non—objective 1 area Aberdeen Harbour Board Aberdeen 1st deferment Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd. King Edward, Banff 1st deferment From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he has sought from the LECs in determining which projects to assist under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme. [70715]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 22 February 1999]The views of the Local Enterprise Companies are taken into account in the appraisal process which precedes every round of awards under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance.
From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the next round of the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance scheme will open. [70717]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 22 February 1999]Applications for the next and final round under the current Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance had to be submitted by 31 December 1998. Decisions on these awards are expected to be announced before the end of June 1999. The possibility of a successor scheme and its funding is being negotiated in the context of the Agenda 2000 proposals.