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1339044

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	date	22/06/2021
	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	Spaceflight: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merit of a limit on the indemnity and liability required by UK space launch and satellite operations licensees.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	20438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government conducted a call for evidence in March 2018. The evidence gained through this exercise and through further independent research commissioned by the Government has led Ministers to conclude that limits of liability are justified. The Government intends to calculate launch liability limits using the Modelled Insurance Requirement (MIR) approach. This will tailor the amount of insurance required and limit of operator liability to the risk and the diverse range of UK launch activities today and anticipated in the future and reduce operator costs in general compared with a fixed limit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not yet have the information to determine whether a maximum limit on the insurance requirement and limit of operator liability for the amount calculated under the MIR for launch is justified as licence applications have not yet been received. It is the Government’s intention to establish a committee involving industry and the spaceflight regulator to keep the regulations under review and ensure that they remain current, relevant, and effective.</p><p> </p><p>For orbital operations, the limits of operator liability for licences under the Space Industry Act will mirror those for licences issued under the Outer Space Act 1986.</p><ul><li>For standard missions, the limit will be set at €60 million.</li><li>For high risk missions the limit will be set on a case-by case basis, following an appropriate risk assessment.</li></ul> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 29/06/2021 09:02:39 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1339045

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2021
	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	Spaceflight: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his department will amend Section 36 of the Space Industry Act in line with the Government’s stated intent so that space launch and satellite operations licenses will contain a limit of liability.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	20439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government will limit launch liability limits using the Modelled Insurance Requirement (MIR) approach. This will tailor the level of insurance required and the limit of operator liability to the risk and the diverse range of UK launch activities today and anticipated in the future and reduce operator costs in general compared with a fixed limit.</p><p>For orbital operations, the limits of operator liability for licences under the Space Industry Act will mirror those for licences issued under the Outer Space Act 1986</p><ul><li>For standard missions, the lability limit will be set at €60 million.</li><li>For high risk missions the liability limit will be set on a case-by case basis, following an appropriate risk assessment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is the Government's intention that all operator licences issued under the Space Industry Act 2018 will contain a limit of operator liability with respect to claims under section 34 and 36 of the Space Industry Act. The Government does not intend to make changes to the primary legislation around liabilities and insurance in the Space Industry Act (2018) at this time, as the regulations and guidance laid before Parliament on 24<sup>th</sup> May 2021 contain the necessary provisions to enable implementation of the Government policy that all operator licences will contain a limit of liability.</p><p>However, the Government outlined in its response to the consultation on the draft Space Industry Regulations issued on 5<sup>th</sup> March 2021 that if suitable primary legislation is brought forward, the Government may seek to amend the wording in section 12(2) of the Space Industry Act 2018 from &quot;may&quot; to &quot;must&quot;.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the space sector and we have outlined our intention to establish a committee involving industry and the spaceflight regulator; this will keep the regulations under review and ensure that the Government’s approach to commercial spaceflight remains current, relevant, and effective.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 29/06/2021 09:00:58 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1339046

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2021
	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	Spaceflight: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a cap on the unlimited liability required by UK space launch and satellite operations licensees.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	20440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>All operator licences issued under the Space industry Act 2018 will contain a limit of operator liability with respect to claims under section 34 and 36 of the Space Industry Act.</p><p>The Government intends to calculate launch liability limits using the Modelled Insurance Requirement (MIR) approach. This will tailor the insurance required to the risk and the diverse range of UK launch activities today and anticipated in the future and reduce operator costs in general compared with a fixed limit.</p><p>For orbital operations, the limits of operator liability for licences under the Space Industry Act will mirror those for licences issued under the Outer Space Act 1986:</p><ul><li>For standard missions, the lability limit will be set at €60 million.</li><li>For high risk missions the liability limit will be set on a case-by case basis, following an appropriate risk assessment.</li></ul><p>Operators will therefore not be facing unlimited liability for actions carried out in compliance with the Space Industry Act 2018 and licence conditions.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 29/06/2021 08:58:42 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan