Question follow-through · 28691

Shipping: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what protections are available for nationally significant historic vessels at immediate risk of destruction.

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
10 Sept 2026
Target answer date
14 Sept 2026
Answer
18 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what protections are available for nationally significant historic vessels at immediate risk of destruction.

  2. 14 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    HMS President's historical significance is reflected in its inclusion on the Register of Historic Vessels and the National Historic Fleet, and the Government recognises the important contribution that historic vessels make to the nation's maritime heritag...

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Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.

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