Maria Eagle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of his Department's spending on (a) shipbuilding and (b) ship repair was in the (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants work in the National Shipbuilding Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the inter-ministerial group on shipbuilding met in 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the membership of the inter-ministerial group on shipbuilding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's spending on (a) food and (b) beverages was in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22 and (iv) 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's spending on plants was in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff members employed by his Department who are based outside London are paid less than £12 an hour.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff directly employed by his Department in London are paid less than the London Living Wage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings the Minister for Defence Procurement has had with the devolved Administrations to discuss the Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy since his appointment; and on what dates those meeting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) apprenticeships and (b) other forms of skills training within the shipbuilding sector of the defence industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage the recruitment of skilled workers to the defence shipbuilding sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the shipbuilding industry on ensuring it has an adequate skilled workforce to meet the policy priorities of his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to reduce the administrative impact of bidding for Government contracts on the UK shipbuilding sector within the defence industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage the involvement of SMEs within the shipbuilding sector of the defence industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 35 of the paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published in March 2022, what steps his Department has taken to help (a) SMEs and (b) social enterprises to demonstra...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the resilience of the defence supply chain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has set targets for the export of UK-built ships over the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023, published on 20 July 2023, what steps he is taking to improve (a) project and (b) programme management (i) monitoring and (ii) co...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, if he will publish the latest version of his Department’s Sustainable Procurement Working Group strategic plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the social value weighting that is applied to his Department's shipbuilding competitions has been used for (a) covid-19 recovery projects, (b) tackling economic inequality, (c) tac...