Question follow-through · 4748

Seafood: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what skills grants (a) are available and (b) he plans to make available for the seafood sector in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
11 Sept 2024
Answer
19 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what skills grants (a) are available and (b) he plans to make available for the seafood sector in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.

  2. 11 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Food security is national security, and a sustainable fishing industry is an important part of that. Decisions on any future funding for the fishing industry will be taken through the Spending Review processes. Discussions on the opportunities and challen...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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