Shipbuilding: North East
Commons · Question 71342 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 7 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential strategic merits of increasing shipbuilding capacity in the north of England.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 7 Sep 2025
This Government has an ambitious shipbuilding pipeline with major naval programmes in progress at a number of UK shipyards, recent export success of the Type 26 frigate to Norway and a number of forthcoming civil shipbuilding programmes. The National Ship...