Question follow-through · 49231
Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
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
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
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 found here (on page 29): https://www.edf.fr/sites/groupe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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