Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HM Treasury is involved in the invitations to tender to build the three new solid support ships, in particular relating to the costs; and, in assessing the bids, what account will be taken of the impact on UK tax revenues of an overseas company being awarded the contract.

The Ministry of Defence is responsible for developing the assessment criteria for procurement programmes. Where these programmes exceed the Ministry of Defence’s delegated limits, HM Treasury provides additional scrutiny of programmes.