Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 90
90
Acknowledged
The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh implicitly recognises that the design and building of warships is...
Conclusion
The National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh implicitly recognises that the design and building of warships is significantly more complex than for many other vessels, and includes warships as a discrete category when listing types of shipbuilding undertaken in the UK.149 It does not acknowledge as explicitly that the warship industry demands specific skills and knowledge that other areas of shipbuilding do not.150 The UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce does not have a specific objective to support the development of the skills needed by the warship industry in particular, although warships are part of its remit.151
Government Response Summary
The government states the UKSST will consider the skills requirements for the entirety of the shipbuilding enterprise, including the warship sector.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
33 & 34: The scope of the UKSST aligns with the NSbS Refresh and it will therefore consider the skills requirements and know-how for the entirety of the shipbuilding enterprise, including the warship, commercial, workboat and leisure market sectors, both in the short and long term. The UKSST will also consider the impact of technological innovation on these sectors, including naval shipbuilding, by progressing skills foresighting in key areas of technological advancements in order for the industry to better understand how they to respond to that technological change.