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Mr. Hannam
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy, when assessing the possible liability to grant penalty of Devon county council, to disregard any expenditure in excess of its target occasioned by the cost of repairing roads damaged by the severe weather conditions in 1984–85.
Mr. Waldegrave
My right hon. Friend is considering the representations to that effect which he has received from Devon county council.
| Year | Number of prosecutions | Number of offenders* | Range of penalties† | Nationality | |||||
| UK | Danish | Spanish | French | Faeroese | Norwegian | ||||
| 1980 | 30 | 32 | Admonished to £18,000 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 51 | 74 | Admonished to £6,000 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 37 | 65 | Admonished to £5,000 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 36 | 50 | Admonished to £10,000 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 52 | Admonished to £11,500 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| * This number includes masters and owners. | |||||||||
| † Fisheries offences attract a wide range of penalties and the maximum penalties given include the value of gear and catches. | |||||||||