Recommendation 38

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 57 Q139 58 Q129; Q142 59 Q140 60 Q218 61 Q139 62 Q217 (see footnote 2) 63 Q217 18 Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding Office has sufficient powers to achieve its aims and whether it is able to gather adequate data on the military shipbuilding industry.