questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 35 of the paper entitled Refresh to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, published in March 2022, what steps his Department has taken to help (a) SMEs and (b) social enterprises to demonstrate the full extent of the value they can generate.
answerText: We recognise that SMEs and social enterprises make a significant contribution to the defence supply chain, including shipbuilding. The National Shipbuilding Strategy has introduced a number of policy objectives which include creating opportunities for UK ...
heading: Shipbuilding: Small Businesses and Social Enterprises