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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times since 2010 his Department has issued guidance to the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities.

The Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA) is not a statutory body therefore the Department does not issue any guidance to it. Defra officials have a monthly meeting with the AIFCA, and a Defra representative has regularly attended quarterly meetings held between the Association and the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities.