Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the regulations governing the transport of nuclear material within the UK.

Transport regulations are enforced by expert independent regulators, the Office for Nuclear Regulation in Great Britain and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The Government invited the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) mission to assess the UK’s regulatory framework for radiological and nuclear safety in 2019, including for transport. The mission team found that the transport regime met all international standards and did not make any recommendations for improvement.