Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 February 2018, HCWS444 on support for maritime training, what estimate his Department has made of the annual increase in the number of (a) deck, (b) engine and (c) electro-technical officers being trained through the SMarT scheme in each of the next five years.

Under SMarT Plus we expect to see the annual cadet intake rise to 1200. No estimate has been made for the breakdown between deck, engine and electro-technical officers being trained through the SMarT scheme in each of the next five years.