Question follow-through · 26339
Nuclear Reactors: Rolls-Royce
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how many jobs the Unity Contract with Rolls Royce will create in (a) Cardiff and (b) Glasgow.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how many jobs the Unity Contract with Rolls Royce will create in (a) Cardiff and (b) Glasgow.
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd estimate the Unity contract will create at least 200 new jobs in Glasgow and Cardiff providing the company with longer-term contractual security to plan and develop their existing and future workforce.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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