Question follow-through · 78077
Merchant Shipping: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions ships' captains were given a direction under the Marine Safety Act 2003 between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2024; and if she will list the (a) date, (b) ship and (c) nature of each dire
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions ships' captains were given a direction under the Marine Safety Act 2003 between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2024; and if she will list the (a) date, (b) ship and (c) nature of each dire
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2025
Answer published
Safety directions are issued under Schedule 3A of the Merchant Shipping Act (MSA) 1995 (as amended); Schedule 1 of the Marine Safety Act 2003 was inserted as Schedule 3A of the MSA 1995 (as amended).In the period in question, ships’ masters were directed ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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