Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations have responded to his Department's request for information as part of the bidding process for the Type 31e Frigate programme.
We have had a positive response to the request for industry to provide initial high level proposals against the outline requirements of the Type 31e Frigate programme. I am withholding the names of the companies who responded to the Request for Information as disclosure would prejudice their commercial interests.