questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement concerning the future status of Coastguard Rescue Officers, whether Ministers formally endorsed the decision to move to a volunteer-with-expenses model, or whether it was taken at agency level.
answerText: The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, and the wider organisational impa...
heading: HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work