Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered am ar 30 Mawrth 2010.
Dai Davies
Annibynnol, Blaenau Gwent
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the creation of the proposed new UK space agency, including the (a) rebranding of the British National Space Centre and (b) public consultation conducted in 2009 on the civil space sector.
David Lammy
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Higher Education and Intellectual Property)
The direct cost of creating the new UK Space Agency and rebranding the British National Space Centre (BNSC) is £46,500, relating to the launch event itself (note that this event also included the launch of the Government response to the Space IGT), the development of the logo, the protection of trademarks on the name and logo within the UK, and the website revamp.
The public consultation was run via the BNSC website and managed within the remit of existing BNSC staff, so did not involve any direct additional costs.
Yes1 person thinks so
No5 people think not
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Ken Brookman
Posted on 6 Ebr 2010 12:56 pm (Report this annotation)
Good point this one. Perhaps the newer members of the Peoples Voice would like to check on Dai Davies earlier interest in the space race when he wanted Airships flying off the top of the Domain mountain.. I'm sorry to say this plan was rejected by the government and scientists of the day, I wonder why????