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Question follow-through · 85133

Shipping: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flag state inspections of commercial workboats for compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention have been carried out by organisations certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year sin

answeredDepartment for Transport

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
4 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flag state inspections of commercial workboats for compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention have been carried out by organisations certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year sin

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    These inspections are delegated to the Certifying Authorities, and as such the Maritime and Coastguard Agency do not hold that data directly.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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