SHIPPING: TRAINING
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Merchant Navy officer cadets (a) began and (b) completed training in each of the last 15 years for which figures are available.
Mr John Hayes, Minister of State for Transport: Figures held by the Department relate to cadets whose training was supported through the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme, and are as follows:
| Year | Starters | Completers |
| 1998/9 | 494 | Figures not available |
| 1999/2000 | 510 | Figures not available |
| 2000/1 | 469 | 246 |
| 2001/2 | 449 | 264 |
| 2002/3 | 557 | 263 |
| 2003/4 | 662 | 264 |
| 2004/5 | 555 | 289 |
| 2005/6 | 571 | 294 |
| 2006/7 | 685 | 277 |
| 2007/8 | 854 | 286 |
| 2008/9 | 925 | 300 |
| 2009/10 | 754 | 344 |
| 2010/11 | 850 | 414 |
| 2011/12 | 903 | 429 |
| 2012/13 | 776 | 384 |
| 2013/14 | 778 | 488 |
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