HC Deb 22 October 1993 vol 230 cc371-2W
Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will give details of the number of fisheries inspectors employed by each EC member.

Mr. Jack

The most recent information on numbers of EC fisheries officers employed in member states is contained in a Commission report on monitoring implementation of the common fisheries policy, published in March 1992. Details are as follows:

Port-based HQ-based
Belgium Duties carried out by Naval Authorities and Maritime Police 1
Denmark 145 n/a
Germany 47 n/a
France Carried out by Maritime Police n/a

Port-based HQ-based
Ireland n/a n/a
Netherlands 180 n/a
Portugal Carried out by Customs, Navy and others 12
Spain Carried out by Marine Civil Guard, defence forces and others 242
United Kingdom 142 126
1 Figures updated from more recent information obtained this year.
2 Includes recruitment of 25 inspectors (of which 15 were planned when data were collected).

n/a = Not available.