§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the number of Merchant Navy officers who have upgraded their qualification under the Government assistance for training scheme for each of the years since it started.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe number of Merchant Navy officers who have upgraded their qualification under the GAFT scheme within each financial year since it started are given in the table.
Financial year Merchant Navy Officers 1988–89 385 1989–90 448 1990–91 491 1991–92 1500 1 Estimated
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the numbers of seafarers, recruited under the Government assistance for training scheme, trained on foreign flag vessels, including the flags of the Crown and dependent territories, specifying which flag, for each year since the scheme was started.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe number of seafarers recruited under the GAFT scheme within each financial year since it started are given in the table.
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Financial year Officer Cadets 1988–89 227 1989–90 413 1990–91 521 1991–92 1500 1 Estimated Funding is provided to individuals who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and who are eligible on nationality grounds to serve as master or chief engineer on a United Kingdom ship. While the Department assesses each trainees record on approved courses no central register is maintained of the ships on which they are employed.