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...