Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 4940 on Shipbuilding, how many and what proportion of the jobs in the Direct Jobs column of the table will be located within the UK.

This Government is championing shipbuilding and a strong shipbuilding enterprise supports jobs right across the United Kingdom. All jobs referenced in the response to Question 4940 will be based here in the UK.

Although information regarding exact regional breakdowns is not held by the MOD, investment in naval shipbuilding has led to significant job creation. This includes through the Type 26 and Type 31 programmes that are being built in Scotland by BAE Systems and Babcock respectively and the Fleet Solid Support Ships that are being built by Team Resolute, with the majority of the works being carried out by Harland and Wolff in Northern Ireland.