Shipping: Catering
(asked on 30th May 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) certificates of competency and (b) certificates of equivalent competency were issued to ships’ cooks by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year between 2015 and 2024.
This question was answered on 9th June 2025
Please see below table for the number of certificates of competency issued for ships’ cooks in each year between 2015 to 2024
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Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
Certs Issued | 141 | 141 | 190 | 254 | 397 | 134 | 83 | 65 | 75 | 92 | 1572 |
Please be advised that there is no requirement for a certificate of equivalent competency for Ships Cook.