Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2016 to Question 45694, how much the Government spent on space funding in each year from 2010 to 2016.

The UK Space Agency was established on 1 April 2011. In line with the formal allocations received from the parent department BEIS (former Department for Business, Innovations and Skills), the UK Space Agency reported the following spend in each financial year.

⁽ⁱ⁾ The total net expenditure comprises subscriptions at the European Space Agency, National Programme investments, and Agency’s running and programme delivery costs.