Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to encourage collaboration between (a) industry, (b) academia and (c) research institutions to promote innovation in shipbuilding.
The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) works closely with Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) to encourage innovation and collaboration across the sector and between research institutions, academia and industry. The NSO has funded a comprehensive study by MarRI-UK of the UK’s academic capability and capacity for shipbuilding and a report will be published shortly.