asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many liners operated from United Kingdom ports in the past three years; and under which countries' flags those liners operated. [HL1131]

In the past three years 101 cruise ships have operated from United Kingdom ports under the following flags:

39 x Bahamas, 8 x Italy, 7 x UK, 7 x Bermuda, 6 x Marshall Islands, 6 x Netherlands, 5 x Portugal, 5 x Malta, 4 x Panama, 2 x Liberia, 2 x St Vincent & Grenadines, 2 x Japan, 1 x Finland, 1 x Cyprus, 1 x Barbados, 1 x Germany, 1 x France, 1 x Ukraine, 1 x Russian Federation and 1 x Dutch Antilles.