Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Vallance of Balham of 9 December (HL12318), whether the 70 per cent of United Kingdom content applies to only offsite manufactured plant or includes on-site construction costs and materials.

Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

As set out on 9 December (HL12318), Great British Energy-Nuclear's (GBE-N) ambition is for 70% British built products across the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet. GBE-N’s ambition encompasses both on-site and off-site activity.

While it would not be appropriate to speculate at this time on specific commercial contracts, subject to final government approvals and contract signature with Rolls-Royce SMR, GBE-N will continue to consider how the UK supply chain can support the deployment of SMRs.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many work visas were issued to residents of China last year.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type, nationality and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.

Data on grants of work visas to Chinese nationals are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of September 2025.

Please note that nationals of China may be resident in other countries at the point of application.

Chinese (main applicants) were granted 4499 work visas in 2024, including 1699 in the skilled worker category.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish a new framework for a private sector route to market for advanced nuclear technologies.

Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The government will provide a framework that will set out a pathway for privately led advanced nuclear projects, this framework will be published early this year.