Asked by: Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commit to a full global satellite system to replace UK participation in the EU’s Galileo system.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This government has made clear its ambitions for renewed vigour in space, through our new ministerial-level National Space Council and developing a UK Space Strategy to bring long-term strategic and commercial benefits for the UK. A sovereign UK global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is being investigated within this ambition. The very purpose of the current engineering design and development phase (EDDP) is to ascertain the UK’s requirements and how we can meet them, so it’s right and proper that we take the appropriate time to investigate fully, involving our key international allies.
Asked by: Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the UK’s new satellite navigation system to replace UK participation in the EU’s Galileo system.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The initial estimated engineering cost in 2018 of a UK GNSS was £3 - 5 billion but this would be subject to the findings of the engineering design and development phase (EDDP). The Government continues to look at a number of funding options as part of the EDDP.
Asked by: Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many satellites the UK’s new satellite navigation system will have to replace UK participation in the EU’s Galileo system.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The engineering design and development phase (EDDP) continues to define options for a UK Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and it is too early to speculate a final design that will meet the UK’s position, navigation and timing (PNT) requirement.
Asked by: Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they would consider access to the EU’s Galileo system in return for providing UK technical expertise.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government’s EU negotiating paper (Future Relationship with the European Union 27 February 2020) does not seek participation or service access to Galileo.