HC Deb 27 June 2001 vol 370 cc95-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many former Icelandic fisherman have been paid compensation for the loss of their jobs, port by port; and what total sums have been paid out in each port. [1045]

Nigel Griffiths

The information requested, broken down by where claimants now live, is in the following table:

Port Number of payments Compensation (£)
Hull 842 10,247,847
Grimsby 194 1,492,361
Fleetwood 170 1,792,209
Blackpool 24 205,933
Cleethorpes 46 370,155
Newcastle 151 1,873,305
West Yorkshire 84 958,988
Abrdeen 17 139,187
Other 142 1,324,359