§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many applications have been received for the re-registration of foreign ships as British ships during the last five years; and in which countries those ships were originally registered.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe number of ships of over 100 gross registered tons which were entered on the United Kingdom register under part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and which were previously on foreign registers was as follows:
- in 1986–75 ships from 23 different foreign registers
- in 1987 so far 37 ships from 18 different foreign registers
Information for earlier years and for the Crown dependencies and dependent territories could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.