Written questions

Karl Turner

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers have renewed their Standards in Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) qualifications since 1 January 2017; and what estimate his Department has made of t

24 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officers obtained Standards in Training, Certification and Watchkeeping qualifications from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

24 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many basic Standards in Training, Certification and Watchkeeping qualifications were issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to seafarers in each year between 2009-10 and 2017-18.

23 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Red Ensign Group conference 2018 is planned to take place; whether officials of his Department plan to attend that conference; and what the cost to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is of (a) supporti

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.32 of his Department's consultation document entitled Maritime 2050: Call for evidence, published on 27 March 2018, when he plans to make the changes required to extend entitlement

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s national network of marine offices on (a) vessel surveyor support and (b) seafarer examination and certificati

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the 2010 Manila amendments to the Seafarer, Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention, if he will take steps to ensure that employers in the UK shipping industry meet the cost to mer

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Surveying

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many marine surveyors were recruited by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18; and what the total number of UK-based MCA marine surveyors was in each of those

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on fee levels for (a) merchant seafarer training and certification and (b) merchant vessel survey and inspection work.

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Offshore Fixed Structures: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provides on the decommissioning of (a) semi-submersible drilling rigs and (b) other commercial vessels deployed in the North Sea oil and gas industry.

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the application and enforcement of national minimum wage pay rates for seafarers working in the UK shippin

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Irish Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to shipping companies operating in the Irish Sea of compliance with Annex IV of the International Maritime Organisation Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ship

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Ports: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the total cost of developing the UK’s major ports infrastructure over the next 10 years to accommodate (a) hybrid and (b) electrically powered commercial ships above 150 gross tonnage.

15 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of autonomous technology in the maritime sector on the (a) training and (b) employment of UK seafarer (i) Ratings and (ii) Officers over the next decade.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Luton Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic benefits for Luton Airport of including increased trains services to Luton Airport Parkway in the East Midlands rail franchise, and if he will make a stat

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Luton Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include increased rail services to Luton Airport Parkway as part of the East Midlands rail franchise.

28 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost is of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to date; and how many people have used that scheme.

23 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 185 on Seafarers' Identity Documents.