Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247013 on Shipping: training, how many Ratings have been trained using SMarT category (a) 3 and (b) 5 funding in each year since 1998.
The figures in the table below show the number of trainee ratings who have been supported by SMarT (a) 3 and (b) 5 each financial year since 2011-12.
The data held by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for ratings training prior to 2011-12 includes concessionaire training and does not provide an accurate reflection of ratings training.
Financial Year | Trainee Ratings SMarT 3 | Trainee Ratings SMarT 5 |
2011/12 | 27 | 5 |
2012/13 | 8 | 5 |
2013/14 | 7 | 5 |
2014/15 | 4 | 0 |
2015/16 | 4 | 3 |
2016/17 | 2 | 0 |
2017/18 | 0 | 0 |