§ Mr. ProsserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many foreign ships have been inspected under port state control arrangements in United Kingdom ports; of those, how many and what proportion were detained; and what percentage of inspected ships were found to have deficiencies in each year since 1990. [74967]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe number of inspections and detentions, and the percentage of ships detained and with deficiencies from 1990 are given.
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Port state control inspections in the UK Number of Inspections Number of Detentions Percentage detained Percentage with deficiencies 1990 2,118 79 3.7 60.8 1991 2,500 116 4.6 65.9 1992 2,133 124 5.8 69.8 1993 2,271 174 7.7 70.7 April 1994 to March 1995 2,153 212 9.8 73.2 April 1995 to March 1996 2,098 206 9.8 70.7 April 1996 to March 1997 1,880 157 8.4 71.3 April 1997 to March 1998 1,890 179 9.5 73.4
§ Mr. ProsserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many professional ship surveyors and inspection staff have been employed by the Surveyor General's Organisation or Marine Safety Agency in each year since 1990. [74963]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonFigures requested are given in the table below. The Marine Safety Agency merged with the Coastguard Agency to become the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on 1 April 1998.
Staff in post figures as at 1 April 1998 Number 1 April 1990 Surveyor General's Organisation 188 1 April 1991 Surveyor General's Organisation 193 1 April 1992 Surveyor General's Organisation 187 1 April 1993 Surveyor General's Organisation 185 1 April 1994 Marine Safety Agency 189 1 April 1995 Marine Safety Agency 189 1 April 1996 Marine Safety Agency 166.5 1 April 1997 Marine Safety Agency 159 1 April 1998 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 160