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

To ask His Majesty's Government what the value is of the fishing rights granted to the EU under the 12-year fisheries agreement.

The fisheries access deal announced in May 2025 secured the continuation of existing UK-EU fishing access arrangements. This means continued access for UK vessels to EU waters and retention of the quota uplift the UK secured through the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

It is not possible to accurately estimate the value of EU catches in UK waters for 2026-2038, as this depends on annual quota negotiations, catches of non-quota species, and market prices, which fluctuate year on year.