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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the net value of the EU's Copernicus polar tracker satellite system.

The Government recognises the benefits our involvement in the Copernicus Earth observation system brings for the UK. These include efficiency savings for local Government in delivering public service and for central Government in managing disaster relief efforts and sustainable development. Additionally UK industry benefits from building the systems and UK SMEs utilise the data provided by the system to benefit from a growing space-enabled economy. UK participation is judged to be beneficial overall. No specific assessment of the value of the polar tracker satellite system has been made.