Sizewell C Power Station: Finance

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 2 June 2025.

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Photo of Manuela Perteghella Manuela Perteghella Liberal Democrat, Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has allocated to support Sizewell C nuclear plant in advance of the final investment decision for that plant.

Photo of Michael Shanks Michael Shanks Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Sizewell C Development Expenditure Subsidy Scheme (DEVEX Scheme) has been made for £5.5bn for the Sizewell C company. Under this scheme to date, £3.9bn has been awarded to the company, in two tranches, one of £1.2bn and one of £2.7bn.

Prior to these awards, the Department had awarded £2.5bn to the project since the Government Investment Decision in November 2022 under the SZC Investment Funding Scheme.

Hence, in total, the Department has to date allocated £6.4bn to the project under both subsidy scheme.

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