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Shipping: Apprentices

Commons · Question 50934 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Mike Kane, 16 May 2025

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...