HC Deb 13 February 2001 vol 363 cc118-9W
Mr. Andrew George

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much funding from the EU was(a) available to and (b) received by the UK fishing industry in each of the last five years for which figures are available [146230]

Mr. Morley

The EU made funds available to the UK from the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance under 1994–99 programmes of structural aid for the fisheries sector. The programmes covered Objective 1, Objective 5a and the PESCA Community Initiative. The indicative sums set out in the programmes at the beginning of the programme period were as follows:

Objective 1 and 5a
Year m euros £ million 1
1994 20.61 12.81
1995 20.60 12.81
1996 20.62 12.82
1997 20.61 12.81
1998 20.63 12.83
1999 20.63 12.83
3 At end 1999 conversion rate 1 euro = £0.6217

PESCA
Year m euros £ million1
1995 1.132 0.7
1996 1.712 1.064
1997 1.937 1.204
1998 1.672 1.039
1999 1.899 1.181
1 At end 1999 conversion rate 1 euro = £0.6217

A further 0.66 million euros (£410,000) was subsequently awarded to the UK towards the end of the PESCA Programme.

The funding received by the UK fishing industry for these years is as follows:

£ million
Year Objectives 1 and 5a PESCA
1995 7.26
1996 15.87
1997 10.61 0.094
1998 8.41 0.437
1999 12.52 1.225

The following amounts were paid in formation grants to producer organisations:

Year £ million
1995 0.047
1996 0.183
1997 0.101
1998 0.025
1999 0.014

In addition the following amounts were paid by the Intervention Board Executive Agency under the fish withdrawal schemes:

Year £ million
1995 1.51
1996 2.83
1997 2.22
1998 1.10
1999 0.57

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