Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the number of UK-based seafarer rating apprentices that will be trained in the maritime industry in the next five years.

There has been no estimate for the number of UK-based seafarer rating apprentices that will be trained in the maritime industry in the next five years.

The Department continues to work in close collaboration with the maritime industry and Unions to identify the industry's future training needs.