Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
(asked on 29th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Spokesperson's comments on 22 November 2022 and Question 94716, how many Spanish shipbuilding experts will be resident at Harland and Wolff; and whether the Spanish shipbuilding experts resident at Harland and Wolff have been included in the 1200 shipbuilding jobs figure released by the Department.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2022
On current plans, 37 Spanish shipbuilding experts will be resident at Harland & Wolff. These experts are not included in the 1,200 jobs expected to be created by the manufacture of the Fleet Solid Support ships.