To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amount of EU finance for fishing in the form of (a) decommissioning grants and (b) support for construction and rebuilding grants given to (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) Spain and (iii) the Netherlands for each year since 1990, together with the amount of nationally funded support known to him. [30486]
The amount of financing for the United Kingdom is as follows:
| £ million | ||||
| Year | Decommissioning | Construction and modernization, including safety improvements | ||
| EU | National | EU | National | |
| 1989–90 | — | — | 4.21 | 5.69 |
| 1990–91 | — | — | 2.23 | 3.10 |
| 1991–92 | — | — | 1.49 | 2.28 |
| 1992–93 | — | — | 1.41 | 1.28 |
| 1993–94 | 5.40 | 2.38 | 0.36 | 1.73 |
| 1994–95 | 3.02 | 5.75 | — | 2.27 |
| 1995–96 | 3.18 | 6.44 | 0.36 | 2.42 |
| 1996–97 | 5.68 | 4.55 | 1.05 | 0.90 |
1 .
£ million
| |||
Decommissioning
| Construction
| Modernisation
| |
| Spain | 182.64 | 105.96 | 58.05 |
| Netherlands | 53.46 | — | 1.62 |
No figures are available for actual expenditure in these countries from 1994 onwards. Planned expenditure under the financial instrument for fisheries guidance as set out in sectoral plans for the period 1994–991 adopted by the European Commission is as follows:
£ million
| ||||
Decommissioning
| Construction and Modernisation
| |||
EU
| Nat
| EU
| Nat
| |
| Spain | 422.6 | 215.5 | 435.5 | 160.7 |
| Netherlands | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
1 Converted from ecus at the rate £1 = 1.319 ecu. | ||||