Recommendation 8

For the six frontier technologies in the Digital and Technologies Sector Plan, and for space, the government should bring forward detailed, cross-government strategies accompanied by clear delivery plans. The forthcoming Plan for Space provides an important opportunity to do this. These strategies should set out national capability priorities, funding commitments, responsible departments, and measurable targets, as well as which technologies should be controlled by government, by UK industry and institutions, by non-UK firms operating in the UK, and whether our goals in each are leadership, competitiveness, or capacity. The strategies should move beyond high-level ambition to provide a clear framework for execution, ensuring that investment is targeted, decisions are prioritised, and the UK is positioned as a credible and consistent international partner. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49)