Independent report

UKSAR2G Phase One Monitoring and Evaluation: Baseline Study

Baseline report capturing the performance and functioning of the current SAR service to support evaluation of its successor, UKSAR2G.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 5 June 2025

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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT) and provides a 24-hour search and rescue (SAR) emergency coordination and response service for the United Kingdom, as required by international law.

United Kingdom Search and Rescue Second Generation service (UKSAR2G) will replace the current United Kingdom Search and Rescue Helicopter (SARH) and Aerial Surveillance and Verification (ASV) contracts and will be phased into transition between 2024 and 2026.

ICF Consulting Services Limited have been commissioned by the MCA to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework for the UKSAR2G programme.

As part of this study, a baseline has been developed, focusing on the years 2018-2022 and presented in this paper, capturing the performance and functioning of the current SAR service (through the delivery of the SARH and ASV contracts) to use as a point of comparison prior to the launch of the new service.

Published 5 June 2025