Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2021 to Question 12119, what the Total Allowable Catches are for North Sea sole and plaice for 2021; and what the (a) UK’s opening quota is for those species under the 10m fleet pool quota allocation and (b) EU's opening quota is for 2021.

Information relating to this question is already published:

• UK opening quotas (pre-landing obligation exemptions and pre-allocations adjustments) are set out in the Secretary of State’s determination of fishing opportunities which is available here [Fishing opportunities for British fishing boats in 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].
• UK quota allocations have been set out by the Marine Management Organisation here [Fishing quota allocations for 2021 for England and the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].
• Total TACs are set out in the written record of fisheries consultations between the UK and EU for 2021 here [Fisheries: consultations between the UK and the EU in 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)] and the agreed record of fisheries consultations between the EU, Norway and the United Kingdom for 2021 here [Fisheries: cod, haddock, saithe, whiting, plaice, herring and sprat management in the North Sea - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].

The data requested is set out in the below table.