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Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Prosser: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many foreign seafarers were granted United Kingdom certificates of competency in each year since the scheme began, broken down by nationality. [4838] Mr. Jamieson: The United Kingdom has granted certificates of competency for around 150 years and until recently there has been no record kept of the nationality of the seafarers concerned. Since the introduction of the MCA's electronic database in 1998, records of nationality have been kept and are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Algeria 0 1 3 0 4 Argentina 0 3 0 0 3 Australia 3 3 12 11 29 Bahrain 0 3 3 1 7 Bangladesh 41 123 149 117 430 Barbados 0 0 1 0 1 Belgium 0 0 1 0 1 Brazil 0 0 0 1 1 Brunei Dar 0 1 4 1 6 Cameroon 0 1 0 1 2 Canada 0 1 3 1 5 Cape Verde 0 1 0 0 1 China 2 2 0 0 4 Columbia 0 0 1 0 1 Croatia 0 0 0 2 2 Cyprus 0 0 1 0 1 Denmark 0 3 1 0 4 Ecuador 0 1 0 0 1 Egypt 0 1 1 1 3 Eire 14 18 17 6 55 Ethiopia 1 5 9 7 22 Fiji 0 1 0 0 1 France 0 1 0 5 6 Gambia 0 2 0 2 4 Georgia 0 1 0 1 2 Germany 0 1 3 3 7 Ghana 2 14 44 37 97 Greece 1 1 1 0 3 Guyana 0 0 1 0 1 Hong Kong 0 0 1 2 3 Iceland 0 0 1 1 2 India 190 655 852 563 2,260 Indonesia 0 0 1 1 2 Iran 0 17 48 16 81 Iraq 0 5 8 4 17 Italy 0 0 0 5 5 Jamaica 0 0 1 1 2 Kenya 0 4 12 2 18 Kiribati 0 1 4 4 9 Kuwait 0 14 7 9 30 Lebanon 0 1 0 0 1 Liberia 0 1 0 0 1 Malawi 0 0 1 1 2 Malaysia 2 2 20 7 31 Maldives 0 1 0 1 2 Malta 2 1 5 0 8 Mauritania 0 0 1 0 1 Mauritius 0 1 1 1 3 Myanmar 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 0 1 1 3 5 New Zealand 3 7 9 15 34 Nigeria 1 12 19 31 63 Oman 0 5 1 1 7 Pakistan 70 153 196 126 545 Panama 1 1 0 0 2 Portugal 0 1 1 0 2 Qatar 0 0 0 1 1 Seychelles 0 3 0 0 3 Singapore 1 3 2 4 10 Slovenia 0 0 1 0 1 South Africa 2 2 2 4 10 Spain 0 0 2 0 2 Sri Lanka 15 51 48 46 160 Saudi Arabia 1 15 15 11 42 Sweden 1 0 2 1 4 Switzerland 0 0 0 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 0 6 8 Uganda 0 0 0 1 1 UAE 8 0 0 12 20 Total 364 1,145 1,517 1,078 4,104 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4838; 372 c510-1W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Assessments Certification Crew Qualifications Nationality Merchant shipping Standards Safety Shipping Standardisation

Contains statistics

Yes

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