§ Patrick MercerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the training being given to ship security officers will train them in all 25 of the topics given in Part B of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. [184598]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency approve training providers against the training specification for ship security officers which covers 23 of the 25 topics identified in Part B of the ISPS Code. Those concerning the layout of the individual ship are covered by the ship security officers' professional knowledge, and those concerning crowd management and control techniques are covered by other professional qualifications18W HGVs in each year; how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured in such accidents; and what percentage these figures represent of the total in each case. [184302]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe latest available figures are for 2001 to 2003 when the number of UK-registered heavy goods vehicles on the roads was:
Number of heavy goods vehicles 2001 449,000 2002 453,000 2003 456,000 In addition, it is estimated that between 50,000 and 70,000 foreign-registered HGVs use roads in Great Britain.
The information requested about road accidents involving HGVs in the UK, and casualties arising from these accidents is shown in the table.