HC Deb 22 June 1959 vol 607 cc101-2W
Mr. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total financial assistance given to the fishing industry in each year from 1950 to 1958, inclusive.

Mr. Maclay

The total Exchequer assistance for the Scottish fishing industry, excluding expenditure on research and fishery protection, in the years in question was as follows:

£
1949–50 1,151,559
1950–51 1,105,586
1951–52 1,141,167
1952–53 1,773,376
1953–54 2,399,865
1954–55 2,108,306
1955–56 2,612,441
1956–57 3,465,417
1957–58 4,086,206
1958–59 4,047,033
Total £23,890,956

(The figures relate to the financial year ending 31st March in each case.)