To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Maritime and Coastguard Agency changed the operating model of the Coastguard Rescue Service to an unpaid model rather making changes necessary to reflect the Court of Appeal judgment in Maritime and Coastguard Agency v Martin Groom and bringing volunteers' status into line with that of a worker.
The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Pay