Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 92818
Defence: Space Technology
Tabled: 19 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Question
Helen Maguire
Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department is providing for strategic national space capabilities in each of the next three years.
Answer
Al CarnsThe Ministry of Defence is committed to developing the Defence Space Portfolio and wider space requirements to harness space for national and military advantage. The recent publication of the Strategic Defence Review served to reinforce the importance of the space domain and the need to invest appropriately. The level of investment will be prioritised appropriately against the threat as part of the future Integrated Force and set out in the Defence Investment Plan to be published this year.