Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 76105

Wylfa Power Station

Tabled: 9 September 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Llinos Medi

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a comparative assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of a nuclear power station at Wylfa and large-scale solar developments on (a) food security, (b) j

Answer

Michael Shanks

In the recently published Solar Roadmap, we set out our expectation that the solar industry could support up to 35,000 UK jobs in 2030. No estimates were made for Anglesey or Wales. Our assessment is that solar will not pose a threat to food security, whi...

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