Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 80571

Nuclear Power: Security

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Graham Leadbitter

Scottish National PartyMoray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the annual cost is of armed protection of (a) nuclear energy, (b) nuclear waste and (c) other nuclear sites; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's

Answer

Michael Shanks
Armed protection is provided by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary at our most sensitive nuclear sites and by some Home Office Police forces at less sensitive sites. The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is funded by charges to its service recipients, the site licen...

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