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Nuclear Power: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are employed (a) directly and (b) in supply chains in the nuclear industry in (i) Ynys Mon and (ii) Wales in each year since 2015.

answeredLlinos MediDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are employed (a) directly and (b) in supply chains in the nuclear industry in (i) Ynys Mon and (ii) Wales in each year since 2015.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    DESNZ do not produce their own figure on the nuclear workforce in Wales.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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