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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans for the proposed UK spaceport to have vertical launch capacity.

The Government is examining the case for commercial spaceflight and launching small satellites from both runway-based spaceports and a vertical launch spaceport. The UK Space Agency is working with the Department for Transport to draft legislation that will enable both horizontal, sub-orbital and vertical launch spaceflight operations from the UK as part of the Modern Transport Bill.