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Space Technology: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of whether the UK’s global market share in the space sector is increasing or decreasing relative to other G7 countries.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 21 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 25 Nov 2025
Answer: 2 Dec 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of whether the UK’s global market share in the space sector is increasing or decreasing relative to other G7 countries.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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2 Dec 2025
Answer published
As part of its ongoing space policy development, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is currently performing analysis of the UK’s global market share in the space sector. This involves the use of commercial data (primarily from No...

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