Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU on mutually recognised flight crew licenses.

There have been no recent discussions with the EU on the topic of flight crew licence recognition.

Following the end of the Transition Period, the UK and EU agreed a high-level Aviation Safety Agreement, with an annex on Airworthiness.

The Aviation Safety Agreement does include scope to agree further annexes such as on pilot licensing in the future, if both sides wish to do so. The government will keep this matter under review and hope to progress future discussions.

The Department will continue to engage with the EU and EASA on future areas of safety cooperation, where it can support industry.