Submarine berth programme being recovered at Devonport

Britain is attempting to recover the Submarine Waterfront Infrastructure Future programme at Devonport, where design and delivery challenges continue despite progress, Defence Minister Luke Pollard told Parliament. The team is working with the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority and its contractor to complete design work, accelerate decisions and streamline approvals before construction begins. Principles from the Nuclear Regulatory Review are being applied to identify further opportunities to shorten the programme. The work supports nuclear-submarine maintenance infrastructure at Devonport, where defence investment exceeds £2 billion over the coming decade, but no revised completion date was provided in the parliamentary update.