Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 85420

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2025 to Question 79364 on Defence Safety Authority, what recent progress the Maritime and Coastguard Authority has made on the development of its own maritime autonomy progr

Answer

Keir Mather

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency have developed multiple workstreams to support the UK’s maritime autonomy industry. This includes marine guidance notices and the third edition of the UK’s Workboat Code, which provide a regulatory framework within which...

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