§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding he expect; to be required to maintain the satellite communication monitoring facility at Baldock. [154184]
§ Ms HewittThe Radio Monitoring Station at Baldock in Hertfordshire which is operated by the Radiocommunications Agency has facilities in place in order to be able to monitor a wide range of frequencies over the range from 9 kilohertz through to 40 gigahertz, including those given over to satellite communications.
The Agency's Corporate Plan for the next five years includes the objective of enhancing existing spectrum monitoring activities through the purchase of further unattended and fixed monitoring systems. Provision in excess of £2,000,000 has been made for these capital projects for each of the next four years.
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he taking to ensure that the United Kingdom will continue to be able to monitor those radio frequencies given over to satellite communications. [154183]
§ Ms HewittThe Radiocommunications Agency has facilities, based at the Radio Monitoring Station at Baldock in Hertfordshire, which enable it to undertake672W calibrated measurements over the frequency range from 9 kilohertz to 40 gigahertz, including those given over to satellite communications.
In addition, the Agency is working together with its European counterparts in order to provide common access to enhanced fixed facilities managed centrally by the European Radio Office.