Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment the effect of the Civil Aviation Authority’s review of offshore helicopter safety CAP1145, published 20 February 2014, on offshore workers’ confidence in commercial helicopter transport in the North Sea.

The review resulted in a number of wide ranging recommendations and actions and resulted in significant changes in safety that were introduced as quickly as possible and welcomed by everyone involved.

The Civil Aviation Authority will continue to work with the helicopter operators, the offshore industries, international regulators, unions and pilot representatives to enhance offshore safety standards still further.