§ Mr Woolmerasked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the gross registered tonnage of new ships delivered from (a) United Kingdom shipyards and (b) overseas shipyards to the United Kingdom-owned and to the United Kingdom-registered merchant fleet in 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. ButcherThe available information is as follows:
Merchant ships (100 gross registered tonnes and over-completed for United Kingdom registration '000GRT 1980 1981 1982 (Q1-Q3) Completed in: United Kingdom shipyards 198 116 231 Overseas shipyards 286 474 260