Aircraft Carriers: Fleet Solid Support Ships

(asked on 3rd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's definition of Carrier Enabled Power Projection, to be achieved by 2026, will include at least one new Fleet Solid Support ship being operational.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 11th September 2020

The definition of Full Operating Capability of the core Carrier Enabled Power Projection programme does not include provision of a new Fleet Solid Support ship.

However, the Ministry of Defence has been undertaking work to assess the way ahead for the Fleet Solid Support Programme and a Prior Information Notice was published on 22 July 2020 inviting potential suppliers to participate in a period of market engagement prior to the commencement of a new competition. The results of which will be analysed in due course.

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