Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) Scottish transport agencies and (c) Scottish maritime agencies on the provision of ferries in Scotland since the UK left the EU.

As per UIN 197145, international freight and passenger ferry services are generally operated on a fully commercial basis, whilst domestic ferry routes in Scotland are a devolved matter. Therefore, neither I nor the department has had specific conversations on these matters with the organisations mentioned.