Question follow-through · 44834
Hinkley Point C Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's original budget for the construction of Hinkley Point C was; how much his Department has spent since that project started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) re
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 7 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Members: Correspondence · 17 Apr 2025
- Energy: Prices · 28 Apr 2025
- Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction · 29 Apr 2025
- Energy: Prices · 30 Apr 2025
- Members: Correspondence · 6 May 2025
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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
7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's original budget for the construction of Hinkley Point C was; how much his Department has spent since that project started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) re
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
Hinkley Point C is not a UK Government-funded project. The financing of Hinkley Point C is the responsibility of EDF (Électricité de France) and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). The latest update from EDF on costs of Hinkley Point C can be f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Members: Correspondence
17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East sent on 3 February and 24 March 2025, reference SL01756/dw.
Energy: Prices
28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, from what level he plans to reduce energy bills by £300 by 2030.
Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's original budget was, including Government-backed loans and guarantees, to support the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in (a) real and (b) current
Energy: Prices
30 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what figure his Department is using as the average household energy bill for his policy of a £300 cut in energy bills.
Members: Correspondence
6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 24 February 2025 and (b) 16 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East with the reference SL01868/dw in relation
Clean Energy: Employment
16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the Clean Energy Workforce Strategy.
Great British Energy: Finance
16 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the additional £700 million of funding for Great British Energy announced in the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan, published on 23 June 2025 will be spent on.
Carbon Capture and Storage: Aberdeenshire
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the carbon capture and storage project at St Fergus.
Fuels: Prices
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress has been made on the Fuel Finder scheme; whether the launch date of late 2025 is still applicable; and what further work is being done by the Government to help reduce fuel pric
Electricity: Prices
12 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his Statement on the Electricity Market Review on July 10 2025, Official Report, column 1160, if he will publish his Department’s reformed national pricing delivery plan.