Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were (a) received and (b) granted by the Marine Management Organisation for funding from the European Maritime Fisheries Fund from statutory harbour authorities in each of the last five years; and how much funding (a) each applicant was applying for and (b) was granted.
Since 2014, there have been 26 applications from statutory harbour authorities, of which a total of £3.2 million of the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) has been awarded to beneficiaries by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). A breakdown for each of the last five years is as follows:
Approved in year | No. of projects | EMFF £m |
2015 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 7 | 0.4 |
2017 | 7 | 1.4 |
2018 | 7 | 1.1 |
2019 | 5 | 0.3 |
Total | 26 | 3.2 |