Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff at the National Maritime Operation Centre at Fareham had attained the qualification level required for the Centre to reach full operational capacity by December 2015 by 21 July 2015.

As at 21 July 2015 61 out of the 75 Coastguards (81%) appointed to roles at the National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) in Fareham had attained the qualification level required for the Centre to reach full operational capacity by December 2015.

Recruitment and training for the NMOC and 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.