Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review his policies on increasing the (a) employment and (b) training of UK (i) Ratings and (ii) Officers in the shipping industry after the EU transition period ends on 31 December 2020.

The people chapter of Maritime 2020 made recommendations to government and industry regarding employment and training of the UK maritime workforce. These recommendations were made with full consideration for the UK’s departure from the EU. Policies are kept under review and may be amended to account for new evidence or thinking or where there have been significant changes in the domestic and/or international landscape. For example, a Cadet Review is currently underway looking at the number of officer cadets the sector needs in the future.