HL Deb 11 March 2004 vol 658 cc201-2WA
Lord Pearson of Rannoch

asked Her Majesty's Government:

In 2002 what were the values of payments from the European Union budget to the British fishing industry (both seagoing and offshore support services and fishing produce processing) through the following programmes:

  1. (a) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guarantee;
  2. (b) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guidance;
  3. (c) European Regional Development Fund;
  4. (d) European Social Fund; and
  5. (e) other European Union programmes. [HL1588]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)

Payments from the EU budget to the British fishing industry in 2002 were as follows:

£ (million) euros (million)
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee 0.9 1.3
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance 0 0
European Regional Development Fund 0 0
European Social Fund 0.2 0.4
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (the European fisheries fund) 14.5 23.3