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In the written ministerial statement I made on 23 January 2012, Official Report, column 5WS, I announced the outcome of the independent review which I commissioned into the economic requirement for trained seafarers in the UK. The report found that overall supply and demand for deck and engineer ratings at sea should be broadly in balance over the next decade.The report identified a need to develop the next generation of UK ratings for the short-sea, coastal and offshore (including renewables) sectors. In announcing a budget of £12 million a year for the support for maritime training scheme for the remainder of this Parliament, I made clear that support would be made available for ratings training and ratings to officer conversion training. |