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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109395, what steps the Nuclear Skills Strategy Group is taking to ensure that the nuclear industry has access to the skills it needs.

The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG) conducts, as part of its activities, a labour market intelligence gathering exercise across the sector to produce an annual Nuclear Workforce Assessment (NWA), which identifies the sector’s demand requirements for the next 20 years. The latest NWA was published in July and sets out the inflow rate and types of skills required to inform employers in their recruitment practices. The NSSG also uses this information to update its action plan and ensure the right interventions are put in place for the sector to have access to the skills it needs. The NSSG’s strategic plan was published on 1 December 2016 and regular meetings revisit the strategy and its delivery to ensure it remains up to date.