Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row five of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, what the spending under British Shipbuilders relates to.
The Department has responsibility for liabilities arising from the former publicly-owned company British Shipbuilders. The liabilities largely relate to damages due to former workers who were exposed to asbestos over a period until the late 1980s.