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 Business and Trade on supporting the space-sector in delivering the ambitions set out in the Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan, published on 23 June 2025.

The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Business and Trade are working closely to deliver the Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan for space. Ministers with responsibility for space in both departments have discussed progress at the Space Ministerial Forum. Government has also established the Space Industry Advisory Group, which met on 20 April and was chaired by Minister Lloyd. Delivery is progressing, including cross-government action to accelerate capability in priority subsectors, investment to boost commercialisation and scale-up, and the UK’s largest ever investment in ESA at the Council of Ministers 2025. The Department for Business and Trade will lead a space trade mission to Japan in early July to support growth through exports, supported by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, who will lead bilateral engagement with Japanese Government. Departments will continue working together to deliver the Plan and wider Industrial Strategy for the UK space sector.