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1695700

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new vessels were registered with the UK Ship Register since 30 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	18423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Based on the UK Ship Register data, from March 2022 to December 2023 (the most recent month for which data is finalised), 96 merchant and pleasure vessels, joined the UK ship Register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/03/2024 14:17:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1687478

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) shipowners and (b) vessels were flagged on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	12982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) UK ship Register (UKSR) database is live and is not able to identify the number of vessels and shipowners historically.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/02/2024 12:03:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1603916

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK flagged ships were registered with the UK Ship Register in each calendar year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	165265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes UK Ship Register statistics as part of its annual Shipping fleet statistics publication in table FLE0100 and the number of UK flagged vessels of 100 gross tons and over registered in each year from 2003 to 2021 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of vessels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>1,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>1,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 2022 annual Shipping fleet statistics will be published on 29 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Ship Register is provided by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and generally includes all known sea-going ships (and a few non-seagoing vessels) of 100 gross tons and above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/03/2023 15:00:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1439078

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to impose tighter restrictions and conditions on ships registering in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL6742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>We have acted swiftly to hold Russia to account for its unprovoked invasion on Ukraine. The Secretary of State for Transport wrote to all UK ports on 28 February 2022 asking them not to provide access to any Russian flagged, registered, owned, controlled, chartered, or operated vessels.</p><p>Legislation has followed this and the the UK Government made regulations – THE RUSSIA (SANCTIONS) (EU EXIT) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) REGULATIONS 2022 – on 1 March which place into law restrictions on Russian vessels. These measures include a prohibition on the registration of ships on the UK Ship Register where they are owned, controlled, chartered or operated by a designated person or persons connected with Russia, or where they are a specified ship.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 16/03/2022 13:19:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1235640

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what restrictions are in place on the use of the term HMS when naming a boat.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	91720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>In UK Government usage, the term 'Her Majesty's Ship' is reserved to ships, submarines and establishments of the Royal Navy, in commission.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence does not regulate the use of names or prefixes for ships or boats not operated by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey grouped question UIN 92890 question first answered 24/09/2020 11:00:37 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1141437

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the decision by international shipping company CMA CGM to reflag 40 vessels away from the UK Ship Register between February and April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>As an international shipping company, CMA CGM can make their own conclusions about which Flag State they are flagged based on their business and operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:24:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1141439

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his maritime policies of the figures published by Lloyds List Intelligence in June 2019 which showed that the UK Ship Register lost a third of its tonnage in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>In June 2019, the UK Flag attracted over 60,000 Gross Tonnes (GT) to the UK Ship Register.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also launched its Maritime 2050 strategy that sets a clear and ambitious vision for the industry over the next three decades.</p><p> </p><p>A maritime policy decision was made to expand owner eligibility and bareboat charter out services from March 2019 which allows more quality companies to join the UK Flag, ones that would not require an EU Flag post Brexit. This change increases the likelihood of growing the UK Ship Register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 16:57:08 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1141440

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on changes to the UK Ship Register.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	281110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has agreed Maritime Growth as one of its three core strategic priorities and they intend to offer increasingly high‑quality services to enhance the UK Flag’s reputation, which in turn will hopefully attract new customers.</p><p> </p><p>They have also integrated the UK Ship Register with its operational Directorate of Maritime Standards and Services to ensure that they are best placed for delivering services in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 31/07/2019 10:51:22 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1131606

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to (a) expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and (b) introduce a system of bareboat charter-out.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	263802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>There is no effect on the public purse with the UK Ship Registry decision to expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and with the introduction of a bareboat charter out.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/06/2019 15:25:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1129787

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) seafarer employment and (b) the maritime cluster in the UK of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to (i) expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and (ii) introduce a system of bareboat charter-out.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	259951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The effect on seafarer employment of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility could be positive and should provide employment opportunities for UK Nationals as more ships would be UK registered, likewise bareboat charter-out is regarding vessel ownership and does not have an adverse impact on seafarer employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>The effect on the maritime cluster in the UK of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility could have a positive impact on maritime clusters within the UK as there is potential for more ships to visit the UK. There would also be an increase in revenue for the UK Flag which would be positive to UK PLC.</p><p> </p><p>For bareboat charter-out, there would be an impact in that the ship is suspended from the UK Flag and therefore revenue is impacted but only for the time that the vessel is chartered out. When the vessel returns to the UK Flag, revenue would increase as the vessel does not leave the UK Flag which has previously been the case.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/06/2019 11:32:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner