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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish a draft charging agreement for the a new nuclear safeguarding regime.

Any decision to introduce cost recovery and charging arrangements for the safeguards regime would be subject to close engagement with industry and other key stakeholders, as well as public consultation.

If the decision is made that the Office for Nuclear Regulation should be able to recover costs from industry, further appropriate consultation and engagement on the detail of the arrangements would take place.