Vessels (Pilots) (Hansard, 19 March 1996)

§ Mr. Norris

Pilotage is compulsory only in the waters of statutory harbour authorities. Section 7 of the Pilotage Act 1987 provides for such an authority to direct that pilotage shall be compulsory if it considers that, in the interests of safety, it should do so. A pilotage direction may apply to all vessels over 20 m in length or to all ships of specified descriptions, and may relate to part or all of the harbour. Section 8 provides for pilotage exemption certificates to be granted to suitably qualified masters and first mates. There are three harbours where these are not available by virtue of an order under section 8(3) —Aberdeen, Forth and Sullom Voe.

Labour force survey—Spring 1995 (GB)
Age group	All: 16–24	All: 25–64	Males: 16–64	Females: 16–24
Region of work	Employees earning less than £58 per week (thousands)	Percentage of total age group	Employees earning less than £58 per week (thousands)	Percentage of total age group	Employees earning less than £58 per week (thousands)	Percentage of total age group	Employees earning less than £58 per week (thousands)	Percentage of total age group
South East	222.3	20.4	368.6	6.3	128.4	3.6	462.5	16.5
East Anglia	—	—	75.6	11.2	¹—	¹—	80.4	26.8
South West	53.7	22.8	157.9	10.4	54.2	6.4	157.4	22.6
West Midlands	77.6	21.3	159.0	9.7	¹—	¹—	157.3	20.7
East Midlands	60.7	22.4	103.3	8.0	¹—	¹—	61.2	10.2
Yorkshire and Humberside	61.2	25.3	200.4	11.8	51.5	5.3	210	29.5
North West	93.1	24.7	155.4	7.8	¹—	¹—	201.0	21.3
North	—	—	109.7	12.3	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Wales	51.1	29.3	73.7	9.4	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Scotland	59.3	15.7	123.6	7.8	¹—	¹—	116.9	14.2
¹ Sample size too small to give reliable estimate.