§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what tonnage of cement has been imported into the United Kingdom for each of the last three years; from what source; and what this tonnage represents in estimated cash terms.
§ Mr. HowardThe information is as follows:
fishing and the number of fishermen employed in the Scottish fishing industry for each of the years 1976 to 1985.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe available information is set out in the following table. Statistics are not collected for laying up. This varies widely in duration and may be voluntary or enforced by, for example, seasonal fisheries and quota exhaustion.
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1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Number of active fishing vessels at end of each year 2,616 2,580 2,616 2,517 2,514 2,370 2,233 2,214 2,180 2,198 Number of newly built vessels joining fleet (30 feet and over) 40 24 25 35 52 34 25 18 27 27 Number of regularly and partially employed fishermen 8,866 8,985 9,241 8,824 8,699 8,461 8,184 8,075 8,100 8,102 Notes:
1. The 1985 statistics are provisional.
2. Only one Scottish fishing vessel has been the subject of a laying-up grant under the Fishing Vessels (Financial Assistance) Scheme 1983.