Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Monday, 8 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 February 2016 (named day). It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 February 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Shipping: Skilled Workers
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 24416, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the downturn from further affecting the national maritime skills base.
- Answer
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The Maritime Growth Study chaired by Lord Mountevans and published on 7 September 2015 identified areas that would help the UK to compete successfully within a global market. These included Government and industry carrying out an assessment of the requirement for seafarers in the UK. Work on this has already commenced alongside an extension of the apprenticeship programme.
The Government remains committed to the training of seafarers and has a number of policies to grow the UK’s maritime skills base, in particular through the £15m Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) fund. A review of the SMarT programme will start shortly and will take into account the impact of the low oil price on the North Sea fields.
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- 2015-16
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- Crew Oil Prices Offshore suppliers Shipping Skilled workers North Sea
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