Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help increase exports for the defence shipbuilding industry.

Strengthening global maritime exports is a key pillar of the National Shipbuilding Strategy. The Department for Business Trade launched the Maritime Capability Campaign Office (MCCO) within UK Defence and Security Exports in March 2022 to support this aim.

The MCCO works across government, including the National Shipbuilding Office, Ministry of Defence and UK Export Finance, and supports industry to identify and secure export opportunities through longer term market analysis and co-ordinated campaigns in both the defence and civil maritime sectors.