Shipbuilding: Contracts

(asked on 4th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to reduce the administrative impact of bidding for Government contracts on the UK shipbuilding sector within the defence industry.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 7th December 2023

The Department has taken active steps to reduce the administrative impact on the UK shipbuilding sector and has significantly reduced tender process times on recent programmes and taken other active steps to support the industry. Both the MOD and the National Shipbuilding Office will continue to explore ways to further reduce the administrative burden including for Small and Medium Enterprises.

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