Question follow-through · 9378

HM Coastguard: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised volunteer model on the recruitment of coastguard rescue officers in rural coastal areas.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Jun 2026
Target answer date
16 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the revised volunteer model on the recruitment of coastguard rescue officers in rural coastal areas.

  2. 16 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Changing the Coastguard Rescue Service (CRS) operating model was not something which we wanted to do but is a mandated consequence of the Court of Appeal ruling.Recruitment into membership of the CRS continues as it has previously. The new model of volunt...

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