Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136537 on Harland and Wolff: Welding, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the ability of Harland and Wolff to meet its contractual obligations on the construction of the new Fleet Solid Support Ships.
Team Resolute is obliged by the Fleet Solid Support ship contract to deliver the social value and training plan. The Ministry of Defence has no direct contractual relationship with Harland & Wolff; the company is a sub-contractor to the prime, Navantia UK, within the Team Resolute consortium.