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Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 49231

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's original budget was, including Government-backed loans and guarantees, to support the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in (a) real and (b) current terms; how much his Department has provided since the project started; and how much he estimates that it will have provided by the completion of the project.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The financing of Hinkley Point C is the responsibility of EDF (Électricité de France) and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). The latest update from EDF on costs of Hinkley Point C can be found here (on page 29):

https://www.edf.fr/sites/groupe/files/2025-03/annual-results-edf-2024-presentation-2025-03-07.pdf

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