Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was (1) the total budget of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and (2) the total spent by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on volunteer payments for emergency call outs, in each of the last three financial years.

The UK mainline coastline is 11,073 miles (source Ordnance Survey), increasing to 19,491 miles if larger offshore islands are included. However, the coastline of the UK is fully encompassed by the UK Search and Rescue Region (UK SRR) which HM Coastguard continually monitors for distress and urgency calls.

Total Maritime and Coastguard Agency Resource Budget:

2024/25 £447.7million

2023/24 £416.6million

2022/23 £416.2million

Total Spend on Volunteer Payments

2024/25 £5.7million

2023/24 £5.2million

2022/23 £4.5million

Total spent on Staffing Costs for the last 3 years:

There are approximately 3,000 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers.