Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ferry operators have access to operate commercial services from UK ports under the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.

There are ferry operators such as DFDS, Stena Line, Brittany Ferries, Irish Ferries, P&O Ferries, Condor Ferries and others operating commercial services from UK port facilities. The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code sets minimum standards for port and ship security which must be met by operators but does not itself grant access to operate commercial services. Decisions on commercial services are made by ports themselves.