PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Urenco: Investment Income (4 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what dividends have been received by the Government as a result of its shareholding in Urenco in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)

The Government holds a one third stake in Urenco Ltd and receives one third of any dividends paid by Urenco to its shareholders.

Urenco Ltd reports its results in Euros and pays its dividends in Euros. These are converted at the prevailing exchange rate into Pound Sterling on the date the Government receives the dividend.

The table below outlines the dividend allotted by Urenco Ltd over the past 5 fiscal years to the Government in Euros and the Pound Sterling equivalent at the time.

Year	HMG Dividend Received
2016/17	€100 million (£86 million)
2017/18	€100 million (£88 million)
2018/19	€100 million (£87 million)
2019/20	€100 million (£94 million)
2020/21	€100 million (£88 million)

Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
12 January 2022