UK Space Agency

HC Deb 01 April 1996 vol 275 c7W

Ms Rachel Squire

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to create a UK space agency with a dedicated space budget. [23687]

Mr. Ian Taylor

The UK's expenditure on civil space programmes, totalling some £180 million a year, is co-ordinated by the British national space centre, which comprises eight Government Departments, agencies and research councils.