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

Whether he has plans to reallocate (a) new and (b) existing UK fishing quota to small boat fishers.

We recently consulted on how to apportion additional quota between the UK administrations. We also consulted on how we allocate England’s share. We will publish the Government’s response and our English allocation policy after annual negotiations conclude. It is for the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their share.

We have been clear since the 2018 White Paper that we would allocate our existing quota using the current method.