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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-02-08more like thismore than 2016-02-08
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Shipping: Skilled Workers more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text 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. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Northfield more like this
tabling member printed
Richard Burden more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-11more like thismore than 2016-02-11
answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-11T15:27:52.19Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-11T15:27:52.19Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill more like this
tabling member
301
label Biography information for Richard Burden more like this