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Marine Management Organisation

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64492

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours the Marine Management Organisation has spent determining (a) Band 2 and (b) Band 3 marine licence applications in each of the last five years for which data is available.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Sub-part

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Total

(a) harbour revision order

1,447.75

1,208.75

1,576.00

1,515.75

2,326.50

8,074.75

(b) harbour empowerment order

50.00

59.25

208.50

185.00

4.25

507.00 *

Total

1,497.75

1,268.00

1,784.50

1,700.75

2,330.75

8,074.75

(a) harbour revision order

£24,000.00

£20,000.00

£44,000.00

£74,319.00

£46,737.00

£209,056.00

(b) harbour empowerment order

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

£0.00

£0 *

Total

24,000.00

20,000.00

44,000.00

74,319.00

46,737.00

209,056.00

(a) Band 2

4,309.25

4,590.50

5,114.50

4,548.25

5,211.75

23,774.25

(b) Band 3

9,624.50

11,339.00

10,264.00

9,861.25

13,275.50

54,364.25

Total

13,933.75

15,929.50

15,378.50

14,409.50

18,487.25

78,138.50

* hours for the empowerment order, the fee was received in 2019 and was £4000.

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