Passenger Ships: Coronavirus

(asked on 28th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to help the cruise industry recover following the covid-19 pandemic.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 4th July 2022

COVID-19 had a devastating impact on the cruise industry. I am pleased that during this time the relationship between government and industry has gone from strength to strength as we have worked together to ensure a safe and sustainable return of cruises.

The cruise industry is vital to UK coastal communities. According to Maritime UK, the sector contributed a total of £9.4bn to the UK economy and supported 82,000 jobs in 2017.

Following a successful restart of both domestic and international cruises, my Department continues to work closely with the cruise industry to ensure that we understand the challenges they face and any barriers to growth.

Government is committed to the wider recovery of the maritime sector and recognises that cruise is a key part of this recovery, particularly in our coastal communities. Government recently published the Maritime Recovery Route map, setting out the short and medium-term actions that government and industry together will take to help the sector recover from the impacts of the pandemic, whilst turbocharging delivery of Maritime 2050.

We are developing a governance system to monitor the delivery of Maritime 2050’s recommendations and ensure that stakeholders across government and industry are involved in setting key priorities for delivery.

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