Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) his Department's and (b) the public purse's annual contributions have been to the (i) development and (ii) operation of the European Maritime Safety Agency’s THETIS database of Port State Control inspections since 2010.

There is no specific cost attributed to (a) the Department for Transport or (b) the public purse for the original development nor the continued operation of the European Maritime Safety Agency’s (EMSA) THETIS database for Port State Control.

The original development and continued hosting and development of THETIS by EMSA comes out of the EMSA budget which is funded by all members of the EU.