§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the amount of money granted in fishing subsidies in the years 1960–1966 to vessels engaged in middle and distant water fishings, the names of the firms receiving the subsidies and the sums they received each year.
§ Mr. HoyIt is not the practice to disclose the sums paid to individual recipients of subsidies. The estimated total payments made in England and Wales for calendar years are as follows:
Distant water subsidy commenced on 1st August 1961.
Middle water £ Distant water £ 1960 499,500 — 1961 505,200 473,300 1962 547,800 1,107,700 1963 576,800 1,036,100 1964 510,600 914,400 1965 418,200 756,300 1966 349,600 649,200