Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of the skills pipeline to meet projected workforce demand in the space sector during the next ten years.

DSIT and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) routinely contribute to cross-government work to assess future demand and the current pipeline, such as Skills England’s Sector Skills Needs Assessments (June 2025). Further insight into the space sector is provided by UKSA’s Space Sector Skills Survey. The next iteration will be launched in due course with further iterations to follow in 2028 and 2030. This provides essential insight into cross-sector workforce skills needs and challenges, building on insight from previous iterations (most recently in 2023) and informing UKSA’s Education and Future Workforce programme.