§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of merchant vessels of 500 gross registered tonnes or more registered worldwide were constructed in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland an (d) Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. [9566]
§ Mr. Norris[holding answer 16 January 1996]: I understand that the information, as sourced from Lloyd's maritime information services, is as follows:
Operational merchant vessels in world fleet at 30 September 1995 By year and country of build Percentage of registered vessels completed in year by country of build Year of build England Scotland Northern Ireland 1990 1.6 0.0 0.2 1991 1.2 0.0 0.5 1992 1.1 0.2 0.1 1993 0.2 0.2 0.2 1994 0.3 0.2 0.5 No merchant vessels were constructed in Wales during this period.