Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number of jobs that will be supported by the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract for over one year.
The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs, and hundreds of graduate placements and apprenticeships. The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites through the duration of the contract is a matter for Harland & Wolff and BMT.