HC Deb 24 July 1991 vol 195 c552W
Ms. Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the figures for(a) the total number of British-owned ships, (b) the number of British-registered ships and (c) the percentage of British-registered ships to British-owned ships for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. McLoughlin

Statistics of British-owned ships are not available before 1986.

British1 owned and British1 registered ships2 : 1986–91
Year3 British owned British registered Percentage of British registered to British owned ships
1986 2,215 2,121 95.8
1987 2,321 2,038 87.8
1988 2,303 2,010 87.3
1989 2,187 1,936 88.5
1990 2,114 1,863 88.1
1 United Kingdom mainland—including Northern Ireland but excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
2 Comprises vessels of 100 gross registered tons and above, including non-trading vessels.
3 As at 31 December.