Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 17 November 2016, Official Report, column 376, if he will detail the existing working arrangements between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and HM Revenue and Customs' National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement Team in the event of a complaint of (a) nationality-based pay discrimination and (b) non-payment of the NMW for seafarers employed on vessels working from and between UK ports.

(a) The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has not been involved in any complaints regarding nationality-based pay discrimination.

(b) The MCA has produced a proforma for seafarers to complete if they wish to make a complaint about non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage. Surveyors can make this available to any seafarer raising a concern. The proforma contains contact details for the National Minimum Enforcement Team at HM Revenue and Customs. The MCA will forward the proforma on request.