Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding was made available to employers from the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT)budget for trainee seafarer ratings in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the take up for Ratings training through (i) SMarT 3 and (ii) SMarT5 was in each year.

Although Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) has a fixed budget, funding continues to be allocated on the basis of demand. The figures in the tables below therefore reflect the level of demand, through SMarT 3 and SMarT 5, for ratings training and rating to officer conversion training, all has been met in full.