Lifeboats

(asked on 2nd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which areas of the UK coastline have no lifeboat coverage within a one hour journey time.


Answered by
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
This question was answered on 8th November 2017

Lifeboat provision in the UK is delivered by independent charitable organisations who declare their lifeboats available to Her Majesty’s Coastguard (HMCG). It is the responsibility of those organisations to decide on the specific operational capacity it considers appropriate based on factors such as coastal activity and the availability and suitability of other declared rescue assets covering that area.

Search and rescue (SAR) response in the United Kingdom relies on a matrix of resources including SAR helicopters, lifeboats, community-based Coastguard Rescue Teams, commercial shipping, fishing and other vessels in the vicinity of an incident, and potentially other emergency services. In coordinating a response to any incident, HMCG will consider the range of resources available to them, on an incident by-incident basis, before tasking the most appropriate asset.

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