Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table SFR0302 of his Department's statistical release, Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2017, published on 30 May 2018, if he will estimate the number of the (a) Deck, (b) Engine, (c) Catering/Hotel/Other and (d) General Purpose Ratings working at sea who will have reached their state pension age by (i) 2020, (ii) 2025 and (iii) 2030.

The current age profile of ratings active at sea is presented in table SFR0302, though no estimate has been made of the number of ratings that will reach their state pension age by any specific date.

In response to the 2015 Maritime Growth Study, the Department commissioned projections of the UK supply and demand for trained seafarers to fulfil roles at sea, with the latest projections published alongside Seafarer statistics: 2016 in January 2017. This report provides estimates of the total number of UK nationality ratings in 2020 and 2025, but does not provide an age profile for this population.