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1483323

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether key worker status remains available for all foreign crews of ships visiting UK ports; and whether those crews will be allowed to go ashore unless there are known specific health risks.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL1275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has ensured the UK has remained open for seafarers of all nationalities throughout and post pandemic – whether that’s to take shore leave, receive vaccines, or be repatriated. The UK is proud that it has treated all seafarers properly in line with established international conventions. The government remains committed to the welfare of seafarers, and work continues to strengthen legislation in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Key workers provide essential services which keep the country functioning. Seafarers are regarded as key workers due to the critical work they carry out to keep our maritime trading routes open. Whilst COVID related restrictions in the UK ended in April 2022, seafarers retain key worker status.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 06/07/2022 16:43:58 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1176405

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 7222 Offshore Industry: Discrimination, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on his proposed review of regulations on the treatment of seafarers.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	12994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The provisions of The Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 are a matter for the Secretary of State for Transport. Officials from the Government Equalities Office are however liaising with those in the Department for Transport on the forthcoming review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/02/2020 16:51:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802172

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers held jobs on vessels which have joined the UK Ship Register since 1 January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	117859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/12/2017 15:49:43 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

847823

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers were employed on UK Ship Registered vessels in each year since 2000-01.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	129499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 Seafarer Statistics are scheduled for publication in May 2018. This is to allow sufficient time following user engagement to review the existing set of statistics and consider ways in which they may be improved. A summary of user feedback received will be included alongside this release.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the review of the current statistics, the Department is currently assessing the quality of data collected on registration of vessel and seafarer nationality with a view to deriving new official statistics. Should the data be considered to be sufficiently robust, then the information requested will be included with the next publication.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 129496 129497 129500 129501 question first answered 05/03/2018 16:21:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1016416

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-resident seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers are employed on tonnage tax qualifying vessels registered on (i) the UK flag, (ii) other Red Ensign Group flags and (iii) non-UK flags.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	196855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The statistics that we hold do not differentiate Red Ensign Group registries and only consider UK registered vessels and non UK registered vessels.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 November 2018;</p><p>There are 1,304 UK resident seafarer ratings employed on TT qualifying vessels registered on UK flag and 1,478 on TT qualifying vessels not registered on the UK flag.</p><p> </p><p>There are 1,305 UK resident officers employed on TT qualifying vessels registered on UK flags and 2,066 UK resident officers employed on TT qualifying vessels not registered on UK flags.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/12/2018 13:40:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1285518

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights have been chartered by the shipping industry (a) to and (b) from UK airports in each month since 20 March 2020 to date to facilitate crew changeovers on merchant ships docked at UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	152478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The chartering of flights is normally a commercial decision and we do not capture this data. There is no existing regulatory requirement for companies to provide this data and it would not be possible to compare what activity was caused by factors due to the pandemic and what activity is considered normal.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/02/2021 14:33:48 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1016414

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers working in the UK shipping industry are employed by recruitment and placement agencies registered outside the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	196853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>We do not collect those statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment and placement of seafarers on UK registered vessels must comply with the requirements set down in the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014 and this covers where the recruitment and placement may occur outside the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/12/2018 15:24:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

418752

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend legislation on minimum safe manning levels on merchant ships to require the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to consult maritime trade unions when a shipowner applies for a change to a vessel's safe manning certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	10128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to amend legislation on minimum safe manning levels on merchant ships to require the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to consult maritime trade unions when a shipowner applies for a change to a vessel’s safe manning document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, under the current regulations MSN 1868 Section 6 ‘Consultation and Schedule’ requires owners to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>‘…. consult with the Master, seafarers, seafarers’ representatives (where applicable) and the MCA on their proposed manning levels and draw up a schedule [of manning] accordingly…. If agreement cannot be reached ….the MCA will consider the views put forward and if necessary require the schedule to be revised. Where disagreement occurs it may be necessary to arrange a practical demonstration of the crew’s ability to carry out the essential tasks in the context of the principles of safe manning.’</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/09/2015 12:55:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1222509

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of employment conditions for seafarers working on the Cypriot registered Seaways Strashnov transporting steel monopile (a) foundations and (b) transition pieces for installation at the site of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm on the UK Continental Shelf.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	71736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>The vessel in question is registered in Cyprus and is currently operating out of the Netherlands. Cyprus has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention and the employment conditions on board must be in compliance with the Convention.</p><p> </p><p>If there is reason to believe that the vessel is not in compliance, it should be brought either to the attention of the Dutch maritime authorities, as the port state for the vessel, or the Cypriot maritime authorities as the flag state.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/07/2020 11:43:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1182727

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the change in the number of rating recorded in table SFR0303 of the Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2019 statistical release of 11 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	25092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The figures shown in table SFR0303 of the UK Seafarer Statistics are based on data collected via the annual Chamber of Shipping (CoS) Seafarer Employment Survey. During the data collection period, the Department liaises closely with the CoS to ensure the quality and completeness of the data is as high as possible, with a response rate of around 90% of eligible companies achieved in 2019, similar to previous years. The survey does not provide complete coverage of UK seafarers active at sea but does represent the best current estimate.</p><p>However, trends over time can be impacted by changes in membership or operations. For example, if a large company decided to move its operations or crewing outside the UK, this could result in large fluctuations in the figures.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced measures to support greater training opportunities for ratings. We continue to work with stakeholders to promote the training and employment of all UK seafarers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/03/2020 16:44:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner