Question follow-through · 6585
Shipbuilding: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking through public procurement policy to support UK shipyards to compete for Government contracts.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking through public procurement policy to support UK shipyards to compete for Government contracts.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
This government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them. We also believe government procurement should do much more to protect national security, including in critical UK industries, in line with our international trade agreement...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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