§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by each objective and by each other Community initiative, including Rechar and Interreg, the value of assistance received under the financial instrument for fisheries guidance both nationally and for each standard region of the United Kingdom for each year since 1989. [31358]
§ Mr. JackEC regulation No. 3699/93, which sets out the detailed rules for assistance under the financial instrument for fisheries guidance—FIFG—came into effect on 1 January 1994. No payments could therefore be made under FIFG before that date. Assistance granted under FIFG since then is as follows:
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FIFO assistance by region1 Objective 1 Non-objective 1 Total Northern Ireland 1,375,955.00 0.00 1,375,955.00 Scotland2 444,308.00 1,361,247.00 1,805,555.00 England 0.00 2,216,324.00 2,216,324.00 Wales 0.00 0.00 0.00 Total UK 1,820,263.00 3,577,571.00 5,397,834.00 Note: 1 Expenditure relates to 1993 decommissioning scheme. 2 Excludes provisional awards for other FIFG grants. No FIFG payments have been made in the UK to date under EC Community initiatives.