Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ratings were trained on tonnage tax qualifying vessels in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.
Based on the training commitment returns provided by companies paying tonnage tax prior to the commencement of each academic year, we have recorded that 25 ratings trainees were scheduled for 2019-20 and 20 were scheduled for 2020-21.