HC Deb 30 April 1993 vol 223 cc557-8W
Dr. Godman

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how much money has been paid to United Kingdom shipyards by way of the European Community directive on the shipbuilding intervention fund, in respect of the construction of merchant vessels, in each of the past five years.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 29 April 1993]: Payment from the shipbuilding intervention fund in each of the past five years was as follows. The figures exclude payment made to shipbuilders in Northern Ireland.

Year £ million
1988–89 38.7
1989–90 37.5
1990–91 28.7
1991–92 31.1
1992–93 20.4