Fleet Solid Support Ships: Job Creation
(asked on 17th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of new shipbuilding jobs that will be created under the fleet solid support ship contract that will be taken by overseas nationals.
This question was answered on 24th November 2022
The Fleet Solid Support ships will primarily be built in Belfast and Appledore and the jobs the work will create and sustain will be situated in those localities. There will be a significant programme of skills transfer and training of UK workers. This contract will see investment in welders and steelworkers and will reduce our dependency on overseas labour currently seen in UK shipyards.