Bill Esterson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2014-04-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often and when each coastguard station has been under-staffed in the last two years.

Stephen Hammond

The following table shows the number of occasions each Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed at below risk assessed levels over the last two years by month.

Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty’s Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.