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Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 March 2021. It was answered by Robert Courts (Conservative) on Monday, 29 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Merchant Shipping: Crew

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of merchant seamen who are UK passport holders.

Answer

The UK does not record additional information, such as occupation, on its passports and it would not be possible to estimate how many seafarers hold a UK passport.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
174017
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Crew Nationality Merchant shipping Passports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk