Question follow-through · 20196

Tonnage Tax: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) company groups that have been entered into the Tonnage Tax scheme and (b) vessels entered into the scheme by those company groups in each year since 2000; and w

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Department for Transport
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
19 Dec 2024
Answer
19 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) company groups that have been entered into the Tonnage Tax scheme and (b) vessels entered into the scheme by those company groups in each year since 2000; and w

  2. 19 Dec 2024

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  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Department does not maintain cumulative records of all companies that have participated in the Tonnage Tax system, as there is no business requirement to do so. The training obligation is assessed annually. However, we can provide the most recent figu...

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