§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what income from fishing licences was received in each of the last five years in the British Indian Ocean Territory. [84054]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienIncome from fishing licences in the past five years in the British Indian Ocean Territory is as follows:
Financial year Income (£) 1997–98 1,573,094 1998–99 2,271,595 1999–2000 744,042 2000–01 1,108,072 2001–02 822,497 Against this, however, should be set the cost of management of the fishery including the fisheries protection vessel. In Financial Year 2000–01 fisheries expenditure was £1,559,678. For Financial Year 2001–02 it was £1,438,386.