Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Space Agency’s Placements in Industry Programme includes all parts of the UK.

The UK Space Agency’s Space Placements In Industry (SPIN) Programme is open to any space-related organisation across the UK. The UK Space Agency has engaged with the UK Space Ecosystem and local clusters spanning the entirety of the country to drive an increase in regional placements.

The programme has a new student recruitment system to reduce bias, improve quality of hire, and increase diversity across the cohort.