Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what levels of staffing the Maritime and Coastguard Agency had in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham on 1 November 2014; and what levels of staffing the Agency expects to be in place at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham in (i) January 2015 and (ii) March 2015.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) had 66 Coastguards in place at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) in Fareham on 1 November 2014. The MCA anticipates that the following staffing levels will be in place in the future:

i. January 2015 – 66 Coastguards

ii. March 2015 – 75 Coastguards

It should be noted that anticipated future staffing levels may vary depending on output from recruitment campaigns.