Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 126524
Ferries: Minimum Wage
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 21 April 2026
Question
John McDonnell
Labour — Hayes and Harlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of seafarers in the UK’s short sea international ferry sector that are paid an hourly wage that is (a) broadly equivalent to or (b) above the National
Answer
Keir MatherThe Department has not made any such estimate. The Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 makes payment of the equivalent of National Minimum Wage a condition of port access for operators of services calling at a UK port at least 120 times a year. The Maritime and Coa...
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