Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average age is of engineers in the civil nuclear industry.

The Nuclear Industry Council (NIC) runs an annual Nuclear Workforce Assessment (NWA) initiative to gather labour market intelligence from the nuclear industry. The development of robust labour market intelligence is vital to ensuring that government, employers, and skills bodies have a clear view of the future skill demands of the UK nuclear programme, and the existing skills base.

The 2014 NWA shows that the average age of the workforce from the 38 companies included was 40-44.

http://www.nsan.co.uk/system/files/furtherinfo/Nuclear%20Workforce%20Assessment%202014_141222.pdf.