Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which aspects of the National Space Strategy his Department is responsible for.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is the Department responsible for co-ordinating civil space policy and strategy across Government and co-authored the National Space Strategy with the Ministry of Defence. It is also the sponsoring department of the UK Space Agency and UK Research and Innovation, which are key agencies for the delivery of the National Space Strategy.

BEIS jointly co-chairs the newly established Director-level National Space Board with the Ministry of Defence to oversee and drive delivery of the National Space Strategy's ambitions and commitments across Government. The strategy will be delivered jointly by several Government Departments and with the support of our thriving space sector: businesses, innovators, entrepreneurs, and space scientists.