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date	31/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Satellites: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the (a) establishment and (b) growth of the small satellite manufacturing sector.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	136555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has a long record of supporting the UK satellite manufacturing sector, and the UK space sector now excels in satellite manufacture, which includes some of world’s leading small satellite companies such as SSTL and AAC Clydespace.</p><p> </p><p>Through our £1.8 billion investment in ESA programmes and £1 billion via UK agency this CSR, the Government continues to support R&amp;D work with these and many other companies such as OpenCosmos, Alba Orbital, InSpace Missions, Orbital Astronautics and Space Forge which are developing innovative nano and microsats. The Government further supports the sector through regulatory leadership in small satellite insurance, finance and licensing as part of our aim to become the leading provider of commercial small satellite launch in Europe by 2030. Significant commercial opportunities such as the OneWeb second generation constellation offer potential to further strengthen the UK’s small satellite sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/02/2023 15:35:18 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1402106

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Satellites: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 July 2021 (HL2254), what progress they have made, if any, to manufacture satellites in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL5302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Details of satellite production and manufacturing are a commercial matter for the company.</p><p>The Government is using its position on the board of directors to encourage expansion of OneWeb’s UK content including onshoring the manufacture of its Generation 2 satellites.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/01/2022 16:37:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

1226065

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Satellites: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 66860, what discussions have been held with Airbus on their plans to manufacture OneWeb satellites at the Florida plant; and what steps he is taking to encourage OneWeb manufacturing jobs to move to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2020 answer text <p>The agreement we have secured with Bharti secures 70 existing UK jobs in OneWeb, and we will be using our position to encourage expansion of its supply chain in the UK and direct manufacturing here.</p><p> </p><p>There have been discussions with Airbus, but these are of a commercially sensitive nature.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/07/2020 08:35:47 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah