Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 19 October to Question 61778 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement, whether his Department has set the value of expected workshare to bidders.

Sensitive systems to be embodied in the Fleet Solid Support ships are defined as those that are subject to national security restrictions such as sensitive military communications equipment and defensive weapons.

In respect of Question 70998, I refer the right hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave him on 17 May 2022 to question number 72.