Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of the policy paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published on 10 March 2022, how much his Department has spent on encouraging investment in advanced production techniques since March 2022.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided to the Member for Wentworth and Deane (John Healey) on 30 November to Parliamentary Question Number 3703.