Question follow-through · 18689
Space Technology: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) clarity, (b) consistency and (c) timeliness of licensing assessments of launch and return activities for experimental satellites and spacecraft
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) clarity, (b) consistency and (c) timeliness of licensing assessments of launch and return activities for experimental satellites and spacecraft
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2024
Answer published
The length of time that the Civil Aviation Authority, the independent regulator, takes for a licence application assessment is predicated on the heritage and maturity of the technology, and the quality of information provided by the applicant. The Governm...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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