Lord West of Spithead – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2014-04-02.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to reintroduce the artificer rate into the Royal Navy.

Lord Astor of Hever

No, the Royal Navy has disestablished the Artificer system in favour of a more coherent engineering technician structure which sets a headmark of achieving accreditation through the appropriate professional institutions and apprenticeships.