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Defence Nuclear Enterprise

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 93934

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the university departments where his Department is currently funding PhD students under the Nuclear Skills Plan working on projects in support of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence is working jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to deliver the Nuclear Skills Plan, a collaboration between defence and civil sectors. Through this plan, an additional 26 PhD students have been funded across the Universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Strathclyde, Bangor, Bristol, Cambridge, Imperial College London and The Open University, in support of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

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