Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of State for Defence on the dual use of space-sector technologies.

Ministers regularly discuss the delivery of a co-ordinated One-Government approach to space with counterparts in Defence and other Departments. As part of this the Department works closely with the National Security and Defence space community across Government to align support for space technology development. A significant portion of UK Space Agency funding already supports dual-use space technologies and, through a One-Government approach, the Department works to ensure those investments are targeting space technologies that deliver not just growth for the UK economy, but also help deliver space capability for our National Security and Defence users. The Unlocking Space programme works with partners across government to identify priority capability gaps, strengthen demand signalling, and support adoption of space-enabled solutions across public and commercial markets.