Ferries: Coronavirus

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source
Questioner
Karl Turner Portrait
Karl Turner
(Labour - Kingston upon Hull East)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2020 to Question 46626 on Ferries: Coronavirus, whether the support awarded by the Department for Transport to freight operators is backdated to 24 April 2020; and if he will list those operators in receipt of public support under those contracts.

Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 9th June 2020

Support is being provided to maintain capacity on 16 critical freight routes (listed below) to help ensure critical goods can move freely. These routes are run by the following 6 operators: Brittany Ferries; DFDS; Eurotunnel; P&O; Seatruck; and Stena. Contracts with these operators are in place for 9 weeks from 11 May and are not backdated.

Route:

  • Portsmouth-Santander
  • Portsmouth-Cherbourg
  • Poole-Bilbao
  • Dover-Dunkerque
  • Dover-Calais
  • Folkestone-Coquelles
  • Cairnryan-Larne
  • Tilbury-Zeebrugge
  • Teesport-Europoort
  • Hull-Europoort
  • Hull-Zeebrugge
  • Heysham-Warrenpoint
  • Rotterdam-Killingholme
  • Cairnryan-Belfast
  • Harwich-Rotterdam
  • Harwich-Hoek van Holland
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