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Fisheries: Expenditure

Volume 494: debated on Thursday 10 March 1988

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asked Her Majesty's Government:What have been the annual expenditures in support of their individual salmon and freshwater research laboratories and stations at Faskally, Montrose, Almondbank and Ballater for the years 1980–87; and whether they will specify amounts paid for salaries, research programmes, capital expenditure and maintenance.

The available figures arc set out below. As some of the figures for earlier years are no longer available, not all the information requested can be provided. Separate figures are not available for the Freshwater Fisheries Laboratory and its various outstations.

Annual Expenditure (Research Programmes)Capital
SalariesExpenditureMaintenance
1979–80£ 655,583N/AN/AN/A
1980–81£ 837,046N/A£33,861£ 26,482
1981–82£ 914,143N/A£42,328£ 38,996
1982–83£ 950,662N/A£54,970£ 19,061
1983–84£1,050,137N/A£62,342£ 5,209
1984–85£1,085,200£479,596£27,380£ 15,319
1985–86£1,201,041£488,067£36,882£ 5,100
1986–87£1,212,279£525,371£46,489£ 16,485
1987–88£1,129,708£473,979£43,605£ 5,937
(estimate)