Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the Shipbuilding Tsar in his Department.
The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) is an Office of Department hosted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Secretary of State for the Defence holds the position of Shipbuilding Tsar.
The NSO’s budget is drawn from the MOD, Department for Business and Trade, Cabinet Office, Department for Transport and Department for Education.
Since December 2022 all posts have been directly employed by the NSO except for one post which continues to be directly funded by the Department for Business and Trade and another by the Royal Navy.
| 2021-221 | 2022-232 | 2023-24 |
Budget | £1,326 ,059 | £2,534,175 | £2,349,731 |
Staffing – Military | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Staffing – Civilian | 11 | 20 | 20 |
Staffing – Industry secondees3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total Staffing4 | 14 | 24 | 25 |
1 2021 was a part year following the National Shipbuilding Office’s (NSO) creation.
2 In response to Question 122041, answered on 17 January 2023, it was stated the annual budget of the NSO for financial year (FY)2021-22 was £2,534,175. It should have read FY2022-23.
3 Industry secondees are paid by their home company whilst they work for the NSO.
4 All staffing figures correspond to data taken at 31 October each year and do not include vacancies.