Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 75315
Nuclear Power: Employment
Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 12 September 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many jobs there are within the civil nuclear sector.
Answer
Michael ShanksDESNZ do not produce their own figures on the number of jobs within the civil nuclear sector. Cogent Skills, who published their industry-led 2024 Nuclear Workforce Assessment, estimated that the civil nuclear sector supported over 51,000 jobs in 2024.