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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his most recent estimate is for the commissioning date for Hinkley Point C (a) Unit 1 and (b) Unit 2.

Responsibility for the construction schedule of Hinkley Point C lies entirely with the developer and its investors, and not with the Government. EDF of France is the lead investor. On Wednesday 27^th January, EDF published a notice saying that Unit 1 is expected to start generating electricity in June 2026, rather than in December 2025 as was previously anticipated. The revised forecast was put in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The notice went on to highlight risks of further delay by 15 months to Unit 1 and 9 months to Unit 2.