Written questions

Karl Turner

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Ports: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on annual rates of freight tonnage traffic handled at UK ports.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on rates of (a) employment and (b) training for UK-based seafarers.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Ports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the the adequacy of levels of (a) public and (b) private investment in UK ports infrastructure in each year since 2010.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Ports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of (a) public and (b) private funding was invested in (i) new and (ii) existing ports infrastructure was in each year since 2010.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish a maritime skills strategy.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 February 2018, HCWS444 on support for maritime training, what estimate his Department has made of the annual increase in the number of (a) deck, (b) engine and (c) e

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect that the increase in funding for the Support for Maritime Training scheme will have on the number of (a) officers and (b) ratings in (i) training and (ii) employment in

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of seafarer ratings in training in each of the next five years.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding was made available to employers from the Support for Maritime Training budget for rating to officer conversion training in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the take up was of that funding stre

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding was made available to employers from the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT)budget for trainee seafarer ratings in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the take up for Ratings training through (

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of waste-based biodiesel which will be used in 2020; and what information his Department holds on the amount of such biodiesel which was used in (a) 2014-15,

24 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, on January 18 2018, Official Report, column 634, if his Department will publish details of meetings Ministers and o

24 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings have taken place between Ministers of his Department or members of its Low Carbon Fuels team and counterparts in other countries on E10 fuel and overseas experiences of its implementation since 20

10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the conclusions of the Post Implementation Review of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011; and for what reasons that publication has been de

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117855, on shipping: qualifications, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the statement made by the Directorate-Ge

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress with discussions there has been at the International Maritime Organization on a decarbonisation strategy for the shipping industry up to 2023 which complies with the (a) mandatory and (b) voluntar

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shipping: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government plans to take by 2023 to introduce a decarbonisation strategy for the shipping industry which complies with the (a) mandatory and (b) voluntary obligatio

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the shipping industry on seafarer employment.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: UN Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the official meetings with United Nations agencies attended by Maritime and Coastguard Agency officials since May 2010 which included discussion of seafarer (a) training, (b) safety and (c) welf

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question 117856, on shipping: training, what the international visits are which have been undertaken by Maritime and Coastguard Agency officials since May 2010 which