Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 May 2022 on UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions, HCWS50, what progress the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions’ has made on working with the (a) Department for Education and (b) National Shipbuilding Office on maritime skills.

UK SHORE, through Department for Transport officials, work with the Department for Education and National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) to advance shipbuilding and maritime skills and as the new NSO-led Shipbuilding Skills Delivery Group (SDG) is established. The SDG will oversee and drive delivery of the recommendations of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce, following the publication of its report in September 2023.