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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of levels in investment in the development of Small Modular Reactors in the next 12 months.

On 7 December Government announced a package of nuclear measures, including up to £56 million for advanced nuclear technologies over the next 3 years. Full details of our announcement on next steps for the development of advanced technologies in the UK can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-07/HCWS322/