Written question asked by Sarah Jones (Labour) on Friday, 16 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 February 2024. It was answered by Andrew Bowie (Conservative) on Monday, 26 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Nuclear Power Stations: Cumbria

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the NuGen development at Moorside on (a) electricity generation capacity, (b) investment, (c) the number of directly-created jobs, (d) the number of supply-chain jobs in (i) Cumbria and (ii) the UK; and what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of that project on gross value added in Cumbria.

Answer: On 8 November 2018 Toshiba announced it would wind-up NuGen, the UK developer set to deliver a new nuclear project at Moorside. This was a commercial decision for the company. This was not a Government project and so the Department has not assessed economic impact. We have launched a public consultation on a proposed new policy for siting new nuclear power stations (as the first step towards developing a new nuclear National Policy Statement). The Moorside site is listed in the current National Policy Statement (EN-6) and these sites are likely to have attributes that make them potentially suitable for new nuclear development.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 14156
Session: 2023-24
Subjects: Construction Cumbria Employment Finance Economic situation Nuclear power stations Supply chains
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk