Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Deferred
Publish the Position, Navigation and Timing Strategy without further delay alongside this report response
Recommendation
The Government continues to delay key decisions that need to be made about the UK’s critical Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) capabilities. It has long promised to update its PNT strategy but work on this topic has been passed between departments and teams and is yet to amount to any meaningful plan. This demonstrates how the disjointed approach to leadership of the UK’s space and satellite sector is hampering progress on important matters. The Government should not delay the publication of its Position, Navigation and Timing Strategy any further. The strategy should be published alongside its response to this Report. (Paragraph 42) 20 UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure: reviewing the licencing regime for launch
Government Response Summary
The government defers the publication of its Position, Navigation and Timing Strategy, stating DSIT hopes to publish the outcome of its work by autumn of this year at the latest, rather than alongside the report response as recommended.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
As set out in the letter from the Minister for Science, Research, and Innovation to the Committee of 30 May 2023, DSIT hopes to be able to publish the outcome of the work it has been doing on PNT by the autumn of this year at the latest.