Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report Submarine Delivery Agency Corporate Plan 2018-2019, published in April 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the Dreadnought programme of the lessons learned process.

The Submarine Delivery Agency's performance will be monitored and assessed to check that it is embedding a culture that achieves continuous improvement in safety and security through a robust and consistent application of processes and development of lessons learned. This will be applied throughout the organisation, including the Dreadnought programme.