In its response to this report, the UK Government should set out what work it did, in preparing the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, to estimate and measure the benefits of procuring ships domestically for the Scottish economy and the wider UK economy, and the revenue generated for the Scottish Government and HM Treasury. The response should also set out what conclusions were drawn from this work.

In its response to this report, the UK Government should set out what work it did, in preparing the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh, to estimate and measure the benefits of procuring ships domestically for the Scottish economy and the wider UK economy, and the revenue generated for the Scottish Government and HM Treasury. The response should also set out what conclusions were drawn from this work. Type: recommendation | Number: 3 | Paragraph: 19 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 2 & 3: The Government seeks to account for the wider benefits from shipbuilding procurement programmes through the application of the Social Value model. Specific criteria will vary for each programme, but alongside delivering the capability to time, cost and specification, we value themes such as i