Written questions
826 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Maritime Safety Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the names of the Government's delegation to the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which took place between 5 and 14 June 2019.
20 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Maritime Safety Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the policy outcomes were of the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee, 5 to 14 June 2019; what the Government’s negotiating position was under each item at th
20 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on seafarers’ entitlement to the national minimum wage.
12 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement increase the amount of targeted enforcement work for seafarers working in the shipping industry.
12 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement’s targeted enforcement work in Lowestoft on 17 June 2019 will cover shipping companies working in the offshore wind supply chain from Port of Lowestoft.
12 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to (a) expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and (b) introduce a system of bareboat charter-out.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Channel Ferries: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to procure additional roll-on roll-off ferry capacity at UK ports before 31 October 2019.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria used by the UK Ship Register and those used by open international shipping registers.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of merchant ship survey work that will be carried out by accredited Recognised Organisations on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency following the UK Ship Reg
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which international shipping registers were used as a basis for the introduction of the UK Ship Register’s system of bareboat charter-out.
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has been made of the number of merchant vessels beneficially owned in (a) the UK and (b) outside the UK that will be moved to the UK Ship Register (UKSR) following the expansion of
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the number of vessels qualifying for the tonnage tax scheme in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21 of the UK Ship Register’s decision to expand its criteria for shipowner
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s resources of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to (a) expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and (b) introduce a system
4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) seafarer employment and (b) the maritime cluster in the UK of the UK Ship Register’s decisions to (i) expand its criteria for shipowner eligibility and (ii) intr
3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from employers in the offshore wind industry on seafarer (a) employment and (b) training since January 2015.
3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Merchant Shipping: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the effect on seafarer employment of the granting of successive waivers from Immigration Rules for seafarers from non-European
3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 253563 on Shipping: Training, how many Ratings were trained through the SMarT scheme from (a) 1998-99 to 2010-11.
15 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) the public purse of a change in the level of national insurance receipts from seafarers, (b) the level of seafarers' take home pay and (c) seafarers' pensions as
14 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Tonnage Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of the tonnage tax regime.
13 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247013 on Shipping: training, how many Ratings have been trained using SMarT category (a) 3 and (b) 5 funding in each year since 1998.
24 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ratings were trained on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels since 2000-01.
24 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Merchant Shipping: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the number of UK Cadets (a) entering and (b) completing training on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels between 2000-01 and 2018-19.
24 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to table SFR0302 of the UK Seafarer Statistics published on 12 December 2018, what discussions he has had with the Chamber of Shipping on the number of UK (a) Ratings and (b) Certificated Officer
24 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 196855 on Shipping: Recruitment, how many UK resident seafarer ratings are employed on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels not registered on the UK flag.
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2019 to Question 239228 on Shipping: Equality, by what date he expects the final Post Implementation Review to be presented to the Reducing Regulation Committee.
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2019 to Question 239228 on Shipping: Equality, whether his Department was consulted over the statement from the four statutory bodies for human rights and equality in June 201
9 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2019 to Question 239228 on Shipping: Equality, whether he has received the further quality evidence from the shipping industry.
1 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2018 to Question 121982 on Shipping: Equality, when he received the further quality evidence from industry; whether the report on the Post Implementation Review (PIR) has be
18 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Offshore Suppliers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of offshore supply vessels laid up in UK ports in each year since 2014.
18 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Channel Ferries: Frieght
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to secure additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity to replace capacity planned to be provided through his Department's contract with Seaborne Freight.
Source: official written-questions record.