Fleet Solid Support Ships: Shipbuilding
(asked on 12th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the response from the Minister for Defence Procurement to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne on 12 December, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2,000 jobs in UK (a) shipyards and (b) supply chains which will be created through the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
This question was answered on 19th December 2022
The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs at Harland & Wolff's sites. It is expected that around 800 jobs will be sustained in the UK supply-chain for equipment, design and support services.