Question follow-through · 25567

Space Technology: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the UK Space Agency press release entitled UK invests in homegrown space tech to boost national resilience, published on 20 July 2026, what recent assessment his

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with reference to the UK Space Agency press release entitled UK invests in homegrown space tech to boost national resilience, published on 20 July 2026, what recent assessment his

  2. 2 Sept 2026

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  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Government resilience and sovereignty is one of the strategic benefits to the UK identified in the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit programme Business Case. A mid-programme Business Case review in early 2026 determined the programme should be extended by 2...

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