HC Deb 21 March 1983 vol 39 c308W
36. Mr. James Johnson

asked the Minister for Trade what has been the change in the size of the United Kingdom owned and registered merchant shipping fleet in the latest available 12-month period.

Mr. Sproat

In the year to end-December 1982, the latest period for which information is available, the United Kingdom-owned and registered merchant fleet declined by 4.7 million deadweight tons, a fall of 15.9 per cent. over the year.