Certificates of Equivalent Competency

HC Deb 07 January 2003 vol 397 c98W

Mr. Prosser

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many certificates of equivalent competency have been issued to foreign seafarers by the UK maritime administration in each year since the scheme was established. [88903]

Mr. Jamieson

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has issued the following number of certificates of equivalent competency in each year since the scheme began in 1997:

	Number
1997	37
1998	257
1999	363
2000	1,107
2001	2,337
2002	2,033