Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ships were on the United Kingdom register in 2005, and in each year thereafter to date.
The number of ships over 100 GT on the UK register in 2005 and to date are detailed below. All totals were correct at 31st December in the respective year.
December 2005 1,438
December 2006 1,456
December 2007 1,481
December 2008 1,550
December 2009 1,553
December 2010 1,503
December 2011 1,469
December 2012 1,401
December 2013 1,360
December 2014 1,327
The figure for 2015 - 1,328 is up to and including 31st August.