HC Deb 14 April 2000 vol 348 cc286-7W
Mr. Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the deadweight tonnage of (a) UK-owned ships and (b) non-UK-owned ships, strategically and commercially managed in the United Kingdom. [119202]

Mr. Hill

At the end of December 1999, 1,026 trading ships were managed from the United Kingdom. Of these ships, 4.5 million deadweight tonnes were UK-owned and 29.5 million deadweight tonnes non-UK-owned.