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 budget for rating to officer conversion training in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the take up was of that funding stream 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.
Ratings Training SM3 | |
Year | Expenditure (£) |
2015/16 | 1540 |
2016/17 | 486 |
Ratings Training SM5 | |
Year | Expenditure (£) |
2015/16 | 2838 |
2016/17 | 0 |
Rating to Officer Conversion Training | |
Year | Expenditure (£) |
2015/16 | 25033 |
2016/17 | 7063 |