Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to attract qualified and experienced people into the nuclear sector.

The Government is working collaboratively with industry and skills bodies, including through the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group, to ensure the nuclear industry has access to the skills it needs. A particular focus of its activities is around reviewing barriers to entry into the industry and making it easier to attract qualified and experienced people from other sectors. In addition the Nuclear Industry Council which I co-chair, with Lord Hutton the Chair of Nuclear Industry Association, is currently in discussions with Government over a possible nuclear sector deal.