Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 2636 on Shipping: Apprentices, if he will take steps to review P&O Ferries' membership of the Maritime Apprenticeship Trailblazer Working Group.

Membership of trailblazer groups is a matter for industry and ultimately determined by the Chair.

The Department for Education and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education hold overall policy responsibility for apprenticeships, including trailblazer groups.

The Department for Transport will continue to work with the Merchant Navy Training Board to keep the situation with the P&O Ferries apprentices under review. DfT remains committed to the protection and welfare of all seafarers and minimising disruption for those in training.