Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts
(asked on 17th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, how many jobs will be created in Spain as a result of that contract.
This question was answered on 22nd November 2022
I refer the right. hon Member to the answer I gave on 21 November 2022 to Question number 88807 to the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar).
The Fleet Solid Support ship contract will create a significant number of new jobs, including around 1,200 high quality manufacturing jobs. The precise distribution of these jobs between UK sites through the duration of the contract is a matter for Harland & Wolff.