Speeches

Ian Mearns – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Mearns on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) company groups and (b) vessels qualified for the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2008-09.

Mr David Gauke

The table below shows the number of tonnage tax groups and vessels that have reported tonnage tax profits in each year since 2008. The latest data available are for 2013.

Year

Tonnage tax groups

Vessels

2008

80

1,190

2009

80

1,070

2010

80

1,080

2011

75

1,050

2012

75

1,140

2013

70

1,080

Notes:

  1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.