Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 109465 on Team Resolute: Contracts and with reference to the evidence from Vice Admiral Paul Marshall CBE to the Scottish Affairs Committee of 6 December 2022, HC 81, whether Harland and Wolff were notified that they were part of the preferred bidder consortium on (a) 15 November or (b) 12 or 13 November 2022.

Team Resolute, including Harland & Wolff, was formally notified of its appointment as preferred bidder on 15 November 2022.