To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funds he plans to allocate to the Marine and Fisheries Agency in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. (167638)

As an Executive Agency of DEFRA, the Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) participates in our business planning and budgeting process. These are currently in hand for the period covered by the recent comprehensive spending review (CSR07), namely 2008-09 to 2010-11. The allocations for the MFA have therefore not yet been finalised.