Question follow-through · 8126
HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what alternative operating models were considered prior to the decision.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Members: Correspondence · 15 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what alternative operating models were considered prior to the decision.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2026
Answer published
Changing the Coastguard Rescue Service operating model was not something which we wanted to do but is a mandated consequence of the Court of Appeal ruling. The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Publi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Members: Correspondence
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for North West Norfolk sent on the 1 September 2026 under case ref JW46075.