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(asked on 28th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK domiciled (a) ratings and (b) officers were employed on tonnage tax qualifying vessels on the UK Ship Register in each year between 2001-02 and 2020-21.


Answered by
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Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 2nd November 2021

This Department does not hold figures relating to UK domicile. However the companies within Tonnage Tax are required to submit figures based on nationality as part of their Core Training Commitment. The figures for UK nationality on UK vessels within Tonnage Tax as reported to the Department are as follows:

Officers

Year

UK Flag only

British

2000/01*†

2001/02*†

2002/03*†

2003/04*

2,337

2004/05*

2,435

2005/06

2,342

2006/07

2,380

2007/08

2,438

2008/09

2,367

2009/10

2,201

2010/11

2,078

2011/12

1,869

2012/13

1,835

2013/14

1,583

2014/15‡

1,581

2015/16

1,537

2016/17

1,479

2017/18

1,098

2018/19

1,305

2019/20

1,096

2020/21

1,112

Ratings

Year

UK Flag only

British

2000/01*†

2001/02*†

2002/03*†

2003/04*

1,590

2004/05*

1,604

2005/06

1,356

2006/07

1,803

2007/08

2,009

2008/09

1,955

2009/10

1,854

2010/11

1,886

2011/12

1,646

2012/13

1,663

2013/14

1,548

2014/15‡

1,576

2015/16

1,586

2016/17

1,538

2017/18

1,132

2018/19

1,304

2019/20

1,062

2020/21

1,025

Information for UK Flag only is not available for the years 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03

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