Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to box 3.6 on page 172 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what the £20 million of UK Government and local government funding will be for.
The UK Space Agency has awarded a grant of £7.35m to Virgin Orbit to enable horizonal launch from Spaceport Cornwall. This is supported by Cornwall Council funding to support the establishment of Spaceport Cornwall, which should be operational in the next few months.