Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments have been made of the effect of creating a mandatory requirement in the Tonnage Tax scheme to employ British (a) ratings and (b) officers since June 2016 to date.

Since June 2016, no assessment has been made of the effect of creating a mandatory requirement in the Tonnage Tax scheme to employ British ratings and officers. However, with the tonnage reforms recently announced by HM Treasury, the Department will consider this matter as part of its reforms to the training commitment.