§ Dr. Godmanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the Official Report the freezer trawlers which received de-commissioning grants, the amount of grant in each case, and the amount of money obtained by the sale of each of these vessels; how much money was paid by the state, by way of a grant, to assist in the construction of each of these vessels; and if he is able to estimate the annual depreciation of each of these vessels.
§ Mr. GummerInformation about decommissioning grants and construction grants paid in respect of 17 freezer trawlers is shown in the table. The decommissioning scheme did not require vessel owners to supply my Department with details of the selling prices. I am therefore not able to estimate the annual depreciation of decommissioned vessels.
Vessel Name Decommissioning Grant £ National Construction Grant £ Arctic Raider 484,400 113,177 Arctic Freebooter 587,600 145,496 Cordelia 614,000 459,033 Farnella 591,100 279,572 Dane 591,992 554,344 Roman 579,292 393,494 Defiance 580,400 158,287 Goth 579,292 383,472 Norse 579,292 355,270 St. Jasper 514,484 241,128 St. Jerome 515,280 217,925 St. Jason 537,200 226,288 St. Benedict 581,504 505,990 Boston Lincoln 397,620 89,615 Sir Fred Parkes 620,000 138,109 Pict 728,800 561,160 Northella 614,000 506,443