Fisheries: Patrol Craft
(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of fisheries patrol operations in English waters in each year since 2020.
This question was answered on 20th October 2025
Fisheries patrol operations in English waters are undertaken by the Marine Management Organisation utilising two leased patrol vessels. The cost of these vessels is detailed in MMO's annual reports as follows:
Year | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26* |
Vessel Costs | 6,735,829 | 6,836,401 | 6,501,914 | 6,282,640 | 6,489,608 | 3,487,538 |
- * is the half year to 30 September 2025.