Merchant Shipping: Crew
Commons · Question 111107 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of civilian seafarers in scope of the (a) Defence Maritime Regulator and (b) the Memorandum of Understanding between the MoD and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 10 Feb 2026
As of the 6 February 2026, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary had 1,741 employees, who are under the scope of the dual regulatory requirements of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Defence Maritime Regulator.