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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether additional Government resources have been made available to the Marine Management Organisation to enable that organisation to assist the fishing industry during the covid-19 outbreak.

Alongside the £5 million repurposed from existing funds available through the Maritime and Fisheries Fund (MFF), an additional £5 million contribution from HM Treasury was made available to support English fishing and aquaculture businesses. This formed the total £10 million financial support package made available through the Fisheries Response Fund (FRF) and Domestic Seafood Supply Scheme (DSSS) delivered by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO reprioritised and temporarily redeployed existing colleagues to rapidly deliver payments to over 1,200 businesses under both funds.