Question follow-through · 126524
Ferries: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of seafarers in the UK’s short sea international ferry sector that are paid an hourly wage that is (a) broadly equivalent to or (b) above the National
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of seafarers in the UK’s short sea international ferry sector that are paid an hourly wage that is (a) broadly equivalent to or (b) above the National
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department has not made any such estimate. The Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 makes payment of the equivalent of National Minimum Wage a condition of port access for operators of services calling at a UK port at least 120 times a year. The Maritime and Coa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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