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Written question asked by Grahame Morris (Labour) on Friday, 4 June 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 June 2021 (named day). It was answered by Robert Courts (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 June 2021 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Irish Ferries: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Irish Ferries' planned operation of cross-Channel ferry services on the number of UK (a) officers and (b) ratings in training each year.

Answer

The training of seafarers and the nationality of those seafarers is a commercial decision for the operator and no assessment has been made on the potential effect of Irish Ferries planned operations for Dover-Calais on the number of UK officers and ratings trained each year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10329
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Staff Training Channel ferries Irish Ferries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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