Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the level of staff shortage is at each coastguard station.

Her Majesty’s Coastguard is currently going through a complex transformation, which involves balancing the progressive implementation of the new Coastguard National Network alongside maintaining service at the remaining Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres, as they await transition.

There has been a significant programme of recruitment and on-going training with a number of officers who are currently trainees becoming fully operational later in the transition.

The current staffing position for both structures is as follows:

National Network Stations

Pre Transition Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres