Light dues are collected by Trinity House on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport who administers the General Lighthouse Fund. The published annual accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund set out all other sources of income from the three General Lighthouse Authorities that is paid into the fund.
The table shows the gross light dues collected in the last three financial years within the operational areas of each of the authorities.
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 England and Wales (£) 61,293,332.54 58,007,105.46 60,579,057.92 Scotland and Isle of Man (£) 5,242,269.55 5,523,631.75 5,123,619.65 Northern Ireland (£) 539,408.70 568,376.25 568,838.50 Total (£) 67,075,010.79 64,099,113.46 66,271,516.07 Republic of Ireland (€) 4,613,978.64 4,764,691.47 4,122,936.68
Information on the destination or port of departure of vessels is not collected when light dues are paid so it is not possible to show what proportion of dues collected related to ships moving between UK ports.