HC Deb 09 February 2004 vol 417 cc1241-2W
Mr. Carmichael

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government have spent on seafarer training in each of the last six years. [152949]

Mr. Jamieson

The following amounts of funding have been provided under the Support for Maritime Training Scheme (SMarT) in the last six years.

£ million
1989–99 1.8
1999–2000 5.7
2000–01 6.3
2001–02 6.4
2002–03 7.3
2003–04 16.4
1To date. Will be confirmed during year-end reporting process.