Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total amount allocated to UK aquaculture through the European Fisheries Fund for the period 2007 to 2013.
The total amount allocated to UK aquaculture through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) for the period 2007 to 2013 was £6,332,265. EFF funding was co-financed with £4,026,108 of national funding (UK Exchequer) along with private investment of £17,644,734, resulting in total investment in the aquaculture sector of £28,003,107.