Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 78077

Merchant Shipping: Safety

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

LabourBolton South and Walkden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions ships' captains were given a direction under the Marine Safety Act 2003 between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2024; and if she will list the (a) date, (b) ship and (c) nature of each dire

Answer

Keir Mather
Safety directions are issued under Schedule 3A of the Merchant Shipping Act (MSA) 1995 (as amended); Schedule 1 of the Marine Safety Act 2003 was inserted as Schedule 3A of the MSA 1995 (as amended).In the period in question, ships’ masters were directed ...

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