Correction to Commons Written Answer

Lord Bassam of Brighton
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick) has made the following Ministerial Statement.

I regret to inform the House that the Answer I gave on 19 May to a Parliamentary Question, (Official Report, Commons; col. 33W), about numbers of MCA staff taking industrial action during the recent strikes, was incorrect. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has checked the figures and the Answer should read:

The number of staff, by Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, who have taken strike action in each strike affecting the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, in the past five years, is shown as follows:

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|             |6 March|11 April|24 April|
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|Portland     |13     |12      |11      |
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|Solent       |17     |11      |16      |
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|Dover        |12     |10      |11      |
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|Thames       |11     |11      |12      |
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|Yarmouth     |9      |8       |9       |
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|Humber       |8      |7       |12      |
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|Forth        |10     |6       |6       |
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|Aberdeen     |9      |5       |6       |
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|Shetland     |0      |0       |0       |
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|Stornoway    |6      |6       |2       |
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|Clyde        |11     |9       |5       |
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|Belfast      |11     |11      |2       |
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|Liverpool    |13     |15      |11      |
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|Holyhead     |14     |11      |9       |
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|Milford Haven|9      |8       |7       |
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|Swansea      |14     |12      |15      |
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|Falmouth     |12     |11      |10      |
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|Brixham      |9      |10      |11      |
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|London       |2      |2       |2       |
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|Total        |190    |165     |157     |
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