To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the sterling value of the UK space industry was in (a) 1998 and (b) 2007. (220151)

A biennial study of the UK space industry is undertaken by the British National Space Centre. The nearest available figures for the total turnover of the UK space industry are £3 billion and £4.8 billion for 1999-2000 and 2004-05 respectively.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of the global market for space products and satellite-enabled services he estimates will be provided by UK enterprises by 2015. (220154)

No estimate of the proportion of the global space market that will be provided by UK enterprises by 2015 has been made. The British National Space Centre (BNSC) undertakes a biennial survey of the UK space industry and the latest published results, which are for 2004-05, indicate that the UK share of the global market at that time was 7 per cent. The UK Civil Space Strategy 2008-12 published earlier this year contains an objective to grow the UK share by 2015. This is a challenging objective as the market itself is growing at between 12 and 15 per cent. per year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the British National Space Centre's UK Civil Space Strategy in encouraging exports of British technology and high value-added services. (220155)

A biennial study of the UK space industry is undertaken by the British National Space Centre (BNSC). The latest information available is for the year 2004-05 and shows sales outside the UK at £1.28 billion. BNSC works with industry and UKTI through its Trade Promotion and International Collaboration advisory group to provide effective support to industry in export markets.