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Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 October 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 October 2020. It was answered by Amanda Solloway (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 October 2020 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been spent from the public purse on contracts with companies based outside the UK for development of a satellite system to replace Galileo.

Answer

The 18 month UK Global Navigation Satellite System Programme successfully concluded its work to develop outline proposals for a conventional satellite navigation system in September. £92m was originally allocated for the UK GNSS Programme and work has concluded successfully under budget. Much of the work was covered by Non-Disclosure Agreements and, for reasons of both commercial and national security sensitivities, it is not possible to offer a detailed breakdown of that spending for both inside and outside the UK.

Work completed by the UK Space Agency so far has developed cutting edge British expertise in areas such as spacecraft and antenna design, satellite and ground control systems, systems engineering and simulation, which have wider applications across the space sector, in addition to supporting specialist UK jobs and industrial GNSS capability.

The new Space Based PNT Programme will carry forward this work to consider newer, more innovative ideas of delivering global ‘sat nav’ and secure satellite services to meet public, government and industry needs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
106339
Session
2019-21
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Contracts Expenditure Foreign companies Galileo system Global navigation satellite systems
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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