Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the vacancy rate was for maritime (a) surveyors and (b) inspectors in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available and (ii) each of the last 10 years.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has not historically recorded vacancy rates for specific professions within the Agency.
The current vacancy rate for Marine Surveyors is 15.0%