Question follow-through · 61556
Wylfa Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of building a gigawatt scale nuclear plant at Wylfa on the (a) Welsh economy and (b) UK energy supply.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of building a gigawatt scale nuclear plant at Wylfa on the (a) Welsh economy and (b) UK energy supply.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
No decision has yet been taken on whether to pursue a future large-scale project beyond Sizewell C or where such a project would be located. Therefore, the government has not carried out an assessment of the economic impact of any future project on the We...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Biomethane
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Photovoltaics: China
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Electricity: Foreign Companies
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15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for energy usage data collected by smart grid components to be exploited for (a) strategic and (b) military intelligence purposes by foreign state
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Natural Gas: North Sea
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the North Sea Transition Authority on the purchase of eleven Shell-operated gas fields by Viaro Energy in the Southern North Sea.
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29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of Viaro Energy controlling 5 per cent of the UK’s total gas production.