Written questions

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procurement process his Department used to contract (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to provide extra roll-on roll-off ferry capacity.

9 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the minimum number of vessels required to fulfil the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-o

9 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the full procurement process took in each case to agree the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freight ferr

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an assessment was made of the level of compliance with UK employment law of roll-on roll-off ferry services provided from UK ports by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries before those

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the French Government on public contracts for roll-on roll-off ferry services between UK and French ports after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019; and if

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had since January 2018 with the UK Chamber of Shipping on public contracts for roll-on roll-off ferry services from UK ports.

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ships to be used by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to deliver the contracts awarded to those companies for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services from UK ports will be link

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the crew employed on ships used by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to carry out the public contracts his Department recently awarded to each company are planned to be covered by

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the ships used by (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries to carry out the public contracts his Department recently awarded for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services from UK ports will

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates officials of his Department began discussions with (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries on public contracts for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services.

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department formally notified the shipping industry of the Government’s intention to issue public contracts for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services.

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been to date of the contracts recently awarded by his Department to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services in

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Port of Dover: Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will list the roll-on roll-off freight volumes re-directed from Dover port under the contracts recently awarded by his Department to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on rol

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ferry freight routes in addition to existing routes will operate under the contracts recently awarded by his Department to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off f

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of additional sailings per (a) day and (b) week there will be under the contracts recently awarded by his Department to (i) DFDS, (ii) Seaborne Freight and (iii) Brittany

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Port of Ramsgate: Channel Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the last scheduled freight ferry service sailed from Ramsgate port; and what the destination of that service was.

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Port of Ramsgate

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided Thanet Council to (a) dredge and (b) upgrade Ramsgate port by March 2019.

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will list the provisions in the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freight ferry services which cover the (i)

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated costs are of crewing the vessels required to deliver the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for roll-on roll-off freig

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what due diligence he has undertaken to ensure that terms and conditions of employment for seafarers employed on vessels used to deliver the public contracts his department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Sea

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) Ratings and (b) Officers jobs created under the public contracts his Department recently awarded to (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries for r

7 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Channel Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with (a) DFDS, (b) Seaborne Freight and (c) Brittany Ferries on employment for UK (i) Ratings and (ii) Officers on the vessels that will be deployed on the public contracts his Departmen

20 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register was from the (a) coastal freight, (b) container, (c) bulk carrier, (d) cruise and (e) offshore supply sectors in each year since 2010.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and the UK Chamber of Shipping for provision of seafarer data.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of short sea ferries registered on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010 was from the short sea ferry sector.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the UK Ship Register in trends in vessel registration levels in the short sea ferry sector.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will take steps to protect employment for UK (a) Ratings and (b) Officers as a result of P&O Ferries’ decision to register its short sea fleet between Dover and Calais under the Cypriot flag.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Passenger Ships: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What steps he is taking to increase the number of UK Ratings employed in the cruise industry in (a) deck and (b) engine roles.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Passenger Ships: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2018, published by his Department on 12 December 2018, what the changes were in the coverage of data provided by the UK Chamber of Sh

Source: official written-questions record.