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Fourth Report - Defence in Scotland: military shipbuilding
Scottish Affairs Committee
HC 1096
Published 27 January 2023
Recommendations
32
Accepted in Part
Para 94
We invite the UK Shipbuilding Taskforce, together with UK Government Ministers, to give oral evidence...
Recommendation
We invite the UK Shipbuilding Taskforce, together with UK Government Ministers, to give oral evidence to the Committee when the UKSST’s report is published in autumn 2023, so that its findings can be discussed further and priorities identified to ensure …
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Government Response Summary
The Chair of the UKSST, with support from Government, would be pleased to meet with the Committee following publication of its report.
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70
Accepted in Part
The Ministry of Defence should, in line with its commitments in the National Shipbuilding Strategy...
Recommendation
The Ministry of Defence should, in line with its commitments in the National Shipbuilding Strategy and the UK Government’s commitments in Maritime 2050, work specifically to develop shipbuilding clusters in Scotland. In responding to this report, the UK Government should …
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Government Response Summary
The MOD refers to its existing SME Action Plan and digital outreach to support SMEs, and mentions the Department for Transport's lead role in the Regional Maritime Cluster Development Programme.
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Accepted in Part
The Ministry of Defence should report back to us at the end of the financial...
Recommendation
The Ministry of Defence should report back to us at the end of the financial year to confirm whether it met its target of spending 25 per cent of its procurement spend with SMEs. In addition, it should provide an …
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Government Response Summary
The MOD is gathering figures for Financial Year 2021/22, and will publish on Gov.uk in as part of the annual data on central government SME spend; regional statistics have recently been published that confirm that £67M went directly to Scottish SMEs in that year, representing 7% of our total direct SME spend. They state that direct spend only accounts for a small proportion of their overall spend with SMEs.
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