Question follow-through · 32092
Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of small-scale nuclear production relative to larger plants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Clean Energy: Nuclear Power · 12 Mar 2025
- Carbon Budgets · 2 Apr 2025
- Carbon Emissions · 24 Nov 2025
- Energy: Private Rented Housing · 21 Jan 2026
- Energy: Billing · 20 Feb 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of small-scale nuclear production relative to larger plants.
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government is clear that nuclear power, including small modular reactors (SMRs), is and will continue to be an important part of the UK energy mix, providing secure, low carbon energy and thousands of skills jobs. Great British Nuclear is pushing forw...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Clean Energy: Nuclear Power
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Carbon Budgets
2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the revised sixth carbon budget plan reduces economic inequality and poverty.
Carbon Emissions
24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration his Department has given to aligning the UK’s net zero policies with commitments to communities impacted by historical UK-linked emissions.
Energy: Private Rented Housing
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to prevent landlords from raising rents after using grants and loans in the Warm Homes plan to fund energy efficiency measures.
Energy: Billing
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of heat network operators issuing retrospective bills covering multiple years where no prior invoices or statements w
Energy: Billing
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what protections are available for heat network consumers in respect of back-billing; and whether he plans to introduce or require limits equivalent to the 12-month back-billing protections t
Energy Supply
2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to introduce the Energy Independence Bill.
Heat Pumps
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of air-to-air heat pumps through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.