Recommendation 11

The UK Government should carry out and lay before Parliament a formal evaluation of the contribution of the National Shipbuilding Office after two years, and again after five and ten years, to assess whether it has succeeded in driving better strategic decision-making in shipbuilding. As part of this review, the UK Government should specifically consider the question of, and publish conclusions on, whether the National Shipbuilding Office has sufficient powers to achieve its aims and whether it is able to gather adequate data on the military shipbuilding industry.