Speeches

Charles Walker – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Charles Walker on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many freshwater rod licence sales there have been for (a) junior anglers aged 12 to 16 years and (b) adult anglers in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

George Eustice

The number of annual and short term (one day or eight day) rod licences sold to junior anglers (aged 12-16 years inclusive) and adult anglers in each of the last five years are shown in the table below.

Year

Junior

Adult

Coarse & Trout

Salmon

Total

Coarse & Trout

Salmon

Total

2010/11

110738

2742

113480

1228580

25742

1254322

2011/12

103347

3030

106377

1230155

26094

1256249

2012/13

82978

2675

85653

1119920

25015

1144935

2013/14

71713

2257

73970

1145897

24430

1170327

2014/15

61411

1915

63326

1123046

23706

1146752