Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 77622

Nuclear Power: Employment

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of jobs in the nuclear sector on the economy.

Answer

Michael Shanks
DESNZ do not produce their own figures on the number of jobs within the civil nuclear sector. The annual industry-led 2024 Nuclear Workforce Assessment (NWA), published by Cogent Skills, estimates that the civil and defence nuclear sector workforce increa...

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