Written questions

Karl Turner

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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, which sector of the UK shipping industry accounted for the 23 per cent increas

12 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Aviation: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing an apprenticeship scheme for pilots.

12 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Aviation: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an apprenticeship scheme for pilots to tackle the skills shortage in the aviation industry.

12 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help young people access training to them to obtain employment in the aviation sector.

11 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Channel Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on ferry services from (a) Poole and (b) Portsmouth to the Channel Islands.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department last published non-compliance figures for one of its existing All Lane Running motorway schemes.

28 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross value added to the economy was from the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2003-04.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary contract for a new fleet of solid support vessels; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

International Maritime Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on public scrutiny of the International Maritime Organisation’s decision-making process.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180168 on Shipping: Training, whether those 40 ratings are (a) employed in the UK shipping industry and (b) UK residents.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180168 on Shipping: Training, which merchant vessel departments those 40 ratings were trained to work in.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of non-compliance with the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014 have been recorded by Maritime and Coastguard Agency surveyors since those r

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

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.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a list of those maritime recruitment and placement agencies that provide crew to company groups which have qualified for the tonnage tax; and whether each of those agencies are regulated by t

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

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.

28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether seafarer recruitment and placement agencies registered in (a) Crown Dependencies and (b) British Overseas Territories operate in the territory of the UK for the purposes of compliance with (i) Regulatio

26 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he is taking to improve road safety on single carriageway roads on the strategic road network; and if he will make a statement.

26 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 June 2018 on Road Safety, HCWS761, whether the remaining £75 million of the Safer Roads Fund will be spent on road safety or incorporated into other budgets; and if

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Roll-on Roll-off Ships: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the written answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 185578 on Ferries: Registration, what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency-agreed safe crewing level is on each roll-on roll-off ferry on the (a) UK a

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Roll-on Roll-off Ships: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 185578 on Ferries: Registration, how many roll-on roll-off ferries on the (a) UK and (b) Red Ensign registers are UK-owned.

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180166 on Shipping: training, whether the three-year pilot of the ratings training option has been extended; and if he will make a statement.