The 2013 report talks about the fact that there had been a long period when no government ships were built, so the shipbuilding industry had lost that capacity. There had also been some failed procurements, when the government had sought to run competitions for ships and either didn't receive any bidders or compliant bidders, so there were clearly some challenges being able to get agreements and contracts in place to build ships.
On February 15th, 2022. See this statement in context.