Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of unchallenged sanctioned vessels travelling in either direction through the English Channel in each month so far this year.

Deterring and disrupting the Russian shadow fleet, including sanctioned vessels, is a priority for the UK.

The Government monitors UK sanctioned vessels if they transit through UK waters. However, we will not go into specifics on our assessments of the number of UK sanctioned vessels transiting UK waters, as this would compromise our ability to take enforcement action which would benefit our adversaries.