Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 18 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of the anticipated delivery timescale for the Prestwick Spaceport.
Both Scottish and UK Government Ministers have accepted a South Ayrshire Council proposal that the Prestwick Spaceport is no longer taken forward as part of the Ayrshire Growth Deal. Scottish Ministers look forward to working constructively with AGD partners to agree new projects to be taken forward using funding previously committed to the spaceport project, and are confident that these will focus on and build on South Ayrshire’s clear strengths in aerospace.