§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether her scheme to compensate British fishermen for the loss of fishing when Iceland extended her fishing limit to 200 miles applies to statutory or nautical miles. [38483]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe 200 "miles" in the scheme rules applies to imperial miles and not nautical miles.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims for compensation for the loss of Icelandic fishing jobs have been submitted from(a) Fleetwood, (b) Grimsby and (c) Hull; how many from each port have (i) been paid, (ii) gone to appeal and (iii) gone to arbitration; and how many for each port have been reported. [38484]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe table shows the available information.
Port Paid Compensation Requests to review the decision Appeals to the Independent Adjudicator Hull 1,489 444 48 Grimsby/Cleethorpes 701 298 56 Fleetwood/Blackpool 312 135 20 Aberdeen 158 205 13 Other 889 122 13 Total 3,549 1,204 150 Excluding duplicates, a total of 7,740 claims have been made. I regret that there is no breakdown by port of this figure.