Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent information his Department holds on trends in the cost of insuring commercial helicopter flights in the North Sea oil and gas industry since January 2009 to date.
The Civil Aviation Authority monitors the ability of UK operators to obtain such insurance. The ability of UK licence holders to obtain insurance cover is dependent upon the insurer’s assessment of relevant risks in relation to an individual licence holder. The CAA advises that such cover in the market in general has been readily obtainable over the period in question, and the overall market trend of such premiums has been downwards.