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Rescue Services: Standards

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 902111, tabled on 14 March 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the operators of helicopter search and rescue services on response times.

Answered on

21 March 2024

As the Rt Hon Member will be aware, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency manages the contract for search and rescue helicopter services on behalf of the Department for Transport, and the ongoing activity related to the future of these services, including response times. Analysis of recent incident data is underway which will be concluded later this year, after which the MCA will provide further updates.

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