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Shipping: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the (a) number and (b) type of maritime apprentices

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48569 on Shipping: Training, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the (a) number and (b) type of maritime apprentices

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Ratings Review Oversight Committee, made up of industry representatives and officials, is responsible for delivering the recommendations from the review. This will include engagement with the Department for Education.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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