HC Deb 07 June 1988 vol 134 cc514-5W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of pressure stock licences attaching to fishing vessels in each port of registration(a) at the outset of the scheme and (b) at the most recent date for which information is available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Licences issued by DAFS to vessels based on Scottish ports numbered 1,204 at the start of the scheme and 1,168 at 30 April 1988. The table below gives the port of registration of vessels concerned, including a small number registered outwith Scotland.

List of numbers of pressure stock licences by registry ports issued in Scotland
Registration port 3 February 1984 30 April 1988
Aberdeen (A) 43 35
Alloa (AA) 1
Arbroath (AH) 28 27
Ayr (AR) 6 9
Ballantrae (BA) 78 66
Buckie (BCK) 93 103
Banff (BF) 123 119
Broadford (BRD) 7 15
Campbeltown (CN) 47 32
Castlebay (CY) 10 9
Dundee (DE) 1
Fraserburgh (FR) 104 115
Inverness (INS) 97 96
Kirkwall (K) 28 23
Kirkcaldy (DY) 58 49
Leith (LH) 90 87
Lerwick (LK) 79 66
Montrose (ME) 6 11
Oban (OB) 36 33

Registration port 3 February 1984 30 April 1988
Peterhead (PD) 109 111
Rothesay (RO) 3 3
Stornoway (SY) 47 42
Tarbert (TT) 22 21
Ullapool (UL) 16 23
Wick (WK) 31 29
Belfast (B) 1 6
Blyth (BH) 1 2
Berwick (BK) 5 6
Brixham (BM) 1
Boston (BN) 1
Beamaris (BS) 2 1
Colchester (CK) 1 1
Caernarvon (CO) 1 1
Castletown (CT) 1 1
Exeter (E) 1
Fleetwood (FD) 4 2
Grimsby (GY) 2 2
Guernsey (GU) 2
Hull (H) 5 3
Hartlepools (HL) 1
Lynn (LN) 1
Lowestoft (LT) 1
Newry (N) 1 1
Penzance (PZ) 1 1
Rye (RX) 1
Ramsey (RY) 1 2
Swansea (SA) 1 1
Scarborough (SH) 2 2
North Shield (SN) 2
St. Ives (SS) 2 2
Whitehaven (WA) 2 1
Whitby (WY) 3 3
Totals 1,204 1,168

Note: All English, Welsh, Manx, Channel Islands and Northern Ireland registered vessels are based in Scotland.