Crown Estate: Fisheries

Mr. Carmichael

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much the Crown Estate received from rents paid by shellfish farmers in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last three years; (140474)

(2) how much the Crown Estate raised from rents levied on salmon farmers in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland in each of the last three years.

The figures are as follows:

*£000*
	2004-05	2005-06
Shellfish Farmers:
Orkney	3	1
Shetland	31	35
Scotland	96	146
UK	114	171
Salmon Farmers:
Orkney	129	131
Shetland	899	483

Financial information for 2006-07 is not yet available.

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007