HC Deb 23 November 1994 vol 250 cc232-4W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many fishing boats have been or are being decommissioned in each of the registered ports in the United Kingdom; what is the total estimated cost; what proportion this is of his targets in each case; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jack

The following table sets out the number of vessels decommissioned under the 1993 scheme, and those declared successful under the 1994 scheme:

Country Port Number in 1993 Number in 1994
England Brixham 5 6
Fleetwood 10 10
Grimsby 13 14
Hastings 5 10
Lowestoft 5 12
Newlyn 2 7
North Shields 17 23
Plymouth 4 7
Poole 1 4
Sub-total 62 93
Scotland Arbroath 3 1
Ayr 4 9
Buckie 4 9
Campbeltown 2 7
Eyemouth 8 1
Fraserburgh 2 2
Lerwick 3
Lossiemouth 7 5
Macduff 2
Mallaig 4 4
Oban 1
Peterhead 3
Pittenweem 2 1
Portree 1
Scrabster 1 2
Stornoway 1 2
Ullapool 1 1
Wick 1
Sub-total 45 49

Country Port Number in 1993 Number in 1994
Northern Ireland Ardglass 1 2
Belfast 1
Kilkeel 10 5
Portavogie 17 5
Sub-total
28 13
Wales Caernarfon 2
Milford
Haven 2
Sub-total
4
total 135 159

Expenditure on the 1993 and 1994 schemes is expected to total 16.7 million. I am encouraged that between them they will remove 4.8 per cent. of the fleet, assuming that all vessels successful in this year's tender are scrapped. With £8.3 million still available for next year, I am confident of exceeding my estimate of at least 5 per cent. for the whole programme to which column 417 of the Official Report for 7 July 1993 refers.