Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 50934

Shipping: Apprentices

Tabled: 8 May 2025

Answered: 16 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2024, published on 26 February 2025, if she will work with maritime trade unions to set targets for the number of ma

Answer

Mike Kane

The UK has a strategic need to ensure a pipeline of trained seafarers, particularly with greener ships, future fuels, new technologies and automation. The Department is working with the sector, including trade unions, to deliver the recommendations from t...

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