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Salmon

Volume 175: debated on Wednesday 27 June 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many salmon were taken by commercial nets in the Foyle area by (a) drift nets, (b) draft nets, (c) fixed nets and (d) anglers in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

[holding answer 20 June 1990]: The information requested is as follows:was awarded on a customer-contractor basis; and what proportion of his total departmental budget was expended on research for each year.

The information is in the following table. All of it was awarded on a customer-contractor basis.

£ million, cash
Expenditure on researchPercentage of departmental budget
1979–8028·51·6
1980–8135·71·5
1981–8240·81·6
1982–8342·81·4
1983–8449·51·8
1984–8553·31·8
1985–8653·81·7
1986–8753·41·6
1987–8851·61·5
1988–8954·61·4