Question follow-through · 74345
David Lammy
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of investigating unlicensed fishing by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of investigating unlicensed fishing by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The investigation and subsequent enforcement outcome took two days of work. The specific costs associated with each investigation and enforcement outcome can vary based on a number of factors. Data for this specific case is not held centrally but the aver...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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