Written question asked by Chi Onwurah (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 December 2021. It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 December 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
OneWeb
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to allocate further funding to Oneweb; and what progress Oneweb has made on expanding its UK supply chain.
- Answer
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The Government does not propose to invest further in OneWeb. Seventy percent of OneWeb’s workforce is UK-based. In addition, the active component of OneWeb’s current generation of satellites (the payload) is manufactured in the UK by Teledyne.
OneWeb is aware of the Government’s ambition for it to further expand UK content in its satellites, including onshoring the manufacturing of its second-generation satellites.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 91963
- Session
- 2021-22
- Subjects
- Finance OneWeb Supply chains
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- 2021-12-22 14:54:37 +0000
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