Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) number of merchant seafarers that would be required to crew ten roll-on roll-off ferries to operate between Dover and Calais for one year from 29 March 2019; and what assessment he has made of whether that demand could be met by current numbers of qualified UK (i) Ratings and (ii) Officers.
I have made no such estimate or assessment.