Submarines: Shipbuilding
(asked on 18th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when ordering steel required for the manufacture of UK submarines, they have released to overseas steel manufacturers (1) the steel recipe, or (2) the method of manufacture.
This question was answered on 26th January 2017
The Tier One suppliers, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce, are responsible for procuring steel for the two submarine programmes.
Throughout the tender process they will release technical specifications to contractors as appropriate and in accordance with the constraints of Ministry of Defence security policy.