Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118854 on Team Resolute: Contracts, whether his Department plans to correct the evidence given to the Defence Committee by Vice-Admiral Paul Marshall CBE on the notification date.

Team Resolute was advised on 10 November 2022 of the Department's intention to appoint it preferred bidder. As stated by Vice-Admiral Marshall, Team Resolute was allowed the period of the weekend of 12-13 November 2022 to agree to the terms and conditions attached to preferred bidder status and, having accepted the conditions, was formally notified of its appointment as preferred bidder on 15 November 2022.