Asked by: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2023, published 4 December 2024, why they are applying the Barnett formula to the fishing and coastal growth fund when landings by Scottish vessels accounted for 63 per cent of the value of all landings by UK vessels in 2023.
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Fisheries policy is devolved to the Scottish Government. The Barnett formula will therefore apply to UK Government allocations of the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, providing Devolved Governments with full discretion to allocate funding in line with local priorities and specific circumstances of their fishing and coastal communities