Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of vessels by flag register that qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme.

Based on the 2022/23 returns to the Department for Transport from each of the companies within the UK Tonnage Tax scheme the figures for the number of vessels under each flag are as follows:

*UK - 274

Liberia – 125

Marshall Islands – 53

Bahamas – 50

*Isle of Man – 36

Malta – 36

Panama – 22

Hong Kong – 16

Cyprus – 15

Norway – 13

Singapore – 13

*Gibraltar – 11

Madeira – 10

Bermuda – 9

Antigua & Barbuda – 6

Brazil – 3

Finland – 3

Netherlands – 2

Portugal – 2

*Cayman Islands – 1

St Vincent & the Grenadines – 1

Spain – 1

* Part of the Red Ensign Group