Written questions
826 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Brittany Ferries and DFDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what time period the contracts between his Department and (a) Brittany Ferries and (b) DFDS for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity cover.
18 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Brittany Ferries and DFDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Brittany Ferries and (b) DFDS on ensuring employment standards for seafarers when creating additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity at ports.
18 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Brittany Ferries and DFDS
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contracts between his Department and (a) Brittany Ferries and (b) DFDS for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity will come into force on 29 March 2019.
6 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
HMS Collingwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has allocated to merchant navy seafarer training courses for Royal Navy personnel on HMS Collingwood (a) in each year since 2010-11 and (b) to date in 2018-19
6 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Navy: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy personnel have obtained qualifications to work in the UK merchant navy in each year since 2008-09.
6 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Navy: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to facilitate the training of Royal Navy personnel for employment in the merchant navy.
6 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Collingwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training courses the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has provided to Royal Navy personnel on HMS Collingwood since 2008.
5 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Channel Ferries: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total costs to date are from the procurement exercise for additional roll-on roll-off ferry freight capacity in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
5 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Eurotunnel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the taxpayer of upgrading Eurotunnel’s terminals in the UK and France ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU.
5 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Channel Tunnel: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken since 1 July 2016 to assess the effect of the UK’s departure from the EU on Eurotunnel’s handling of freight volumes from the continent.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Alternative Fuels and Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to the shipping industry on (a) alternative fuels and (b) exhaust gas cleaning systems; and when that guidance was last updated.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of international trends in the regulation of exhaust gas cleaning systems in the shipping industry.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of (a) open and (b) closed loop scrubbers on annual levels of greenhouse gas content in exhaust fumes from merchant ships operating from UK ports.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new vessels were registered on the UK Ship Register in each month between January 2018 and January 2019.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels were re-registered from the UK Ship Register in each month between January 2018 and January 2019.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated funding to the shipping industry to prepare for the UK leaving the EU.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of internationally registered merchant vessels regularly plying trade on routes from UK ports that use fuel which is compliant with the International Maritime Organisat
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of internationally registered merchant vessels regularly using sea routes from UK ports that use fuel that is compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the investment required in the national ports network to provide adequate access to alternative fuel sources in order to comply with international regulations on the greenhouse ga
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of internationally registered merchant vessels using sea routes from UK ports that use fuel that is compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cen
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant vessels on the UK Ship Register have been fitted with exhaust gas cleaning systems; and how many of those vessels have been inspected for compliance with the International Maritime Organisatio
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant vessels on the UK Ship Register use fuel which is compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of shipping exhaust emissions from 1 January
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ports with waste reception facilities are compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s mandatory guidelines on exhaust gas cleaning systems; and when each of those ports was last inspected for
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the investment required by ports to provide access to alternative fuel sources in order to comply with international regulations on the greenhouse gas content of exhaust emissions
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to enabling the Agency to enforce the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of s
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the shipping industry’s compliance with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of shipping exhaust emissions from 1 January 2020
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the shipping industry on the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of shipping exhaust emissions from 1 January 2020.
28 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the shipping industry of compliance with the International Maritime Organisation’s 0.5 per cent cap on the sulphur content of shipping exhaust emissions from 1 Ja
7 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned or gathered on the effect of open loop scrubbers on sediment quality in UK waters; and if he will make a statement.
7 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research Department has commissioned or gathered on the effect of open loop scrubbers on sediment quality in UK waters; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.