Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the staff required for the National Maritime Operation Centre in Fareham to reach full operational capacity by December 2015 had been appointed by 2 July 2015.

As at 2 July 2015, 75 out of the full complement of 96 Coastguards (78%) had been appointed to roles at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) in Fareham.

Recruitment for the NMOC and the wider National Network is phased incrementally to deliver the right number of Coastguards at the right point in the transition timetable. The new National Network progressively became operational from September 2014; transition will complete by the end of December 2015.