Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether surveys or questionnaires have been issued to Coastguard Rescue Officers in relation to changes to remuneration.

Two surveys were circulated to Coastguard Rescue Officers in relation to the Court of Appeal Judgment. Plans to move the Coastguard Rescue Service to an expenses-only volunteer model in September will not go ahead, and current arrangements will remain in place. We will now take time to gather the robust information required to understand the full operational implications of future decisions, as well as the impact on individual Coastguard Rescue Officers and the choices they will make. This will involve engaging with CROs directly and ensuring that their views inform the decisions that we will take on the shape of the Coastguard Rescue Service.