Maritime and Coastguard Agency

HC Deb 08 December 2003 vol 415 cc200-1W

John Thurso

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency budget was spent on (a) coastguard, (b) ship inspectors, (c) depots and (d) emergency towing vessels in each of the last five years. [141745]

Mr. Jamieson

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency's expenditure is set out in the following table:

£000
	Coastguard	Ship inspectors	Accommodation	Emergency towing vessels
Resource accounts
2003–04	56,192	25,769	6,631	10,843
2002–03	53,346	25,072	6,071	11,050
2001–02	43,226	28,750	6,221	6,875
Cash accounts
2000–01	44,800	18.955	6,466	6,774
1999–2000	45,922	15,473	6,529	5,742
Note:
The Resource Accounts figures include depreciation and capital charge which are not included within the Cash Accounts outturns.