§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of EU finance for fishing in the form of(a) decommissioning grants and (b) support for construction and rebuilding grants given to (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) Spain and (iii) the Netherlands for each year since 1990, together with the amount of nationally funded support known to him. [30486]
§ Mr. MorleyThe amount of financing for the United Kingdom is as follows:
£ million Year Decommissioning Construction and modernization, including safety improvements EU National EU National 1989–90 — — 4.21 5.69 1990–91 — — 2.23 3.10 1991–92 — — 1.49 2.28 1992–93 — — 1.41 1.28 1993–94 5.40 2.38 0.36 1.73 1994–95 3.02 5.75 — 2.27 1995–96 3.18 6.44 0.36 2.42 1996–97 5.68 4.55 1.05 0.90 Only limited information is held on support in other Member States. That most readily available relates to total EU expenditure in 1986–93 as published by the European Commission1.
£ million Decommissioning Construction Modernisation Spain 182.64 105.96 58.05 Netherlands 53.46 — 1.62 No figures are available for actual expenditure in these countries from 1994 onwards. Planned expenditure under the financial instrument for fisheries guidance as set out in sectoral plans for the period 1994–991 adopted by the European Commission is as follows:
£ million Decommissioning Construction and Modernisation EU Nat EU Nat Spain 422.6 215.5 435.5 160.7 Netherlands 12.5 12.5 2.9 1.2 1 Converted from ecus at the rate £1 = 1.319 ecu.