Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) feasibility of developing nuclear fusion technology.

Fusion energy could be the ultimate clean power solution, representing a low carbon, safe, continuous, and sustainable source of energy.

More work is required to make fusion energy a reality. In line with our Fusion Strategy, we are investing over £700 million from 2021/22 to 2024/25 in cutting-edge research programmes and facilities, to grow the capability of UK industry and make the UK the global hub for fusion innovation. We have committed over £240 million towards the first phase of STEP – a programme which aims to develop and build, by 2040, a prototype fusion power plant capable of delivering energy to the UK grid.