Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment has he made of the opportunities that Project Gwyndod is expected to create for Welsh civil nuclear companies.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales
The Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project, Gwyndod, represents a major opportunity for Welsh civil nuclear companies. It is expected to create around 3,000 skilled jobs at peak construction, with thousands more across the UK supply chain and support more than 300 apprentices.
Minister Hughes gave a keynote address at the SME-focused day of the joint Rolls-Royce SMR and Great British Energy-Nuclear (GBE-N) Supplier Conference at Coleg Menai on Anglesey, where she emphasised our determination to maximise opportunities for Welsh businesses, supporting jobs and economic growth across Wales.
The Supplier Conference focused on helping businesses access supply chain opportunities, including Rolls-Royce SMR’s Supplier Programme, which offers UK businesses the opportunity to compete for up to £1.4 billion of contracts, alongside GBE-N’s ongoing engagement with UK and local suppliers.
GBE-N wants 70% of supply chain products to be British-built across the SMR fleet and, to date, has awarded almost £900 million in contracts, with well over 70% going to UK-registered businesses. I am working closely with GBE-N, Rolls-Royce SMR and across the UK and Welsh Government to maximise Gwyndod’s benefits for Welsh businesses.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Nuclear Industry Association’s 2026 Welsh Jobs Map, what assessment he has made of the expected growth in civil nuclear employment in Wales over the next decade.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales
The Nuclear Industry Association’s 2026 Welsh Jobs Map demonstrates the strength of Wales’ civil nuclear sector, which currently supports 2,210 jobs. The Gwyndod project at the Wylfa site, which the UK Government is supporting with over £2.6bn of funding, is expected to more than double that, creating around 3,000 local jobs at peak construction and supporting thousands more across the UK supply chain, as well as more than 300 apprentices. The project will also provide additional operational jobs.
In October, Minister Hughes attended the joint Rolls-Royce SMR and Great British Energy-Nuclear (GBE-N) Supplier Conference at Coleg Menai on Anglesey. This focused on helping businesses access supply chain opportunities, including Rolls-Royce SMR’s Supplier Programme, which offers UK businesses the opportunity to compete for up to £1.4 billion of contracts, alongside GBE-N’s ongoing engagement with UK and local suppliers.
It is my focus to maximise the benefits of Gwyndod by securing as much of the supply chain as possible in Wales, increasing investment and creating jobs on Anglesey and across Wales.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment has he made of the opportunities that Project Gwyndod is expected to create for young people in Wales.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales
The UK Government is clear that the benefits of the Gwyndod project must be felt across Wales, particularly in North Wales, including creating opportunities for young people in the civil nuclear sector. More than 300 apprentices are expected to be supported during construction, with an ambition to fill opportunities locally wherever possible.
Gwyndod will support around 3,000 jobs on site at peak construction and thousands more across the UK supply chain. The plant will also create operational jobs throughout its expected 60-year lifetime. My colleague, Minister Hughes, visited the Gwyndod site in October and saw first-hand how today’s apprentices will help build the project.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) allegations of non-fatal strangulation have been made that were not proceeded against and (b) cases for that offence were dropped due to evidence deficiencies since 29 April 2021.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects information on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, and their investigative outcomes. Sub-codes to record non-fatal strangulation came into effect from 1st June 2022 under the Serious Crime Act.
Since 1st June 2022, there has been 144,425 investigations of non-fatal strangulation offences, of which 80% were closed with an unsolved outcome, including 75% that were due to evidential difficulties. This excludes Humberside police who were unable to provide data to the Home Office Data Hub. Strangulation, including non-fatal strangulation, is a life-threatening form of violence which this Government is committed to tackling as part of our wider mission to halve VAWG in a decade.
The Home Office have invested over £2.1m into the Institute for Addressing Strangulation since 2022 to raise awareness and strengthen understanding of strangulation in the UK. This includes £452,500 for the 2026/27 FY.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on developing the skills pipeline needed to support Project Gwyndod.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales
The Nuclear Skills Plan is focused not simply on growing the nuclear workforce, but on creating a strong and sustainable pipeline of skills. This includes strengthening apprenticeships, graduate programmes, doctoral research and technical career pathways to develop the engineers, technicians and skilled workforce needed to support the UK’s current and future nuclear ambitions.
The UK Government is supporting the development of the Wales Nuclear Skills Hub as part of the Nuclear Skills Plan. The Hub brings together employers, supply chain organisations, local authorities and education and training providers across North Wales.
Officials have discussed the development of the Hub with the Welsh Government. The Hub is intended to act as a collaborative network to help coordinate skills and workforce development activity, supporting both delivery of the Nuclear Skills Plan and the wider economic opportunities associated with new nuclear development in the region. I will continue to work across government, with Welsh Government and industry to ensure that Wales benefits from this major investment on Anglesey.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential funding the Welsh Government will receive from the £874million announced to address rough sleeping in England.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Barnett consequentials associated with the £874 million rough sleeping announcement at Budget 2026 will be included in the next iteration of the Block Grant Transparency which will be published in due course.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential funding the Welsh Government will receive as a consequence of the Good Growth Funding for 2027-28 financial year.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Barnett consequentials associated with Good Growth funding scored at Budget 2026 will be included in the next iteration of the Block Grant Transparency which will be published in due course.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the £1.5billion borrowing facility for Mayors available from 2028 represents the total funding available across all eligible mayoral authorities or the amount available to each individual mayoral authorities.
Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Government has allocated a total of £1.5 billion in financial transactions to set up the devolved borrowing facility for Mayoral Strategic Authorities, which will be available from 2028. The total quantum is scored across 28/29-31/32 – the profile for this is set out in table 6.2 on page 109 of the Budget document which can be found here.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the £1.5 billion borrowing facility available to English Mayors from 2028 will be available annually or over the course of a multi-year spending period.
Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Government has allocated a total of £1.5 billion in financial transactions to set up the devolved borrowing facility for Mayoral Strategic Authorities, which will be available from 2028. The total quantum is scored across 28/29-31/32 – the profile for this is set out in table 6.2 on page 109 of the Budget document which can be found here.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK Internal Market Act on the practicable application of devolved food labelling powers.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As food policy is devolved, the four governments work together through the Food Compositional Standards and Labelling Common Framework to discuss issues of importance to consumers and businesses, and to seek to avoid or mitigate divergence and agree changes to regulations where possible. The UK Government's review of the UK Internal Market Act in 2025 implemented clear improvements to how the four governments work collaboratively through Common Frameworks to manage the UK internal market.