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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

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 May 2025
Target answer date
14 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 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. 14 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    There have been no discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the (a) number and (b) type of maritime apprentices that will be offered by maritime (i) colleges and (ii) training providers in England in each year from 2025-26 to 2029-30. The ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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