[holding answer 26 November 2013]: The Nuclear Industrial Strategy and its supporting documents considered the potential for small modular reactors (SMRs), both as a possible element of future energy supply and as a means of providing growth opportunities for UK industry. The strategy set out the aim for the UK to be a key partner of choice in commercialising Generation III+, IV and SMR nuclear technologies worldwide. The Nuclear Rand D Roadmap: Future Pathways also considered the role of SMRs in the UK's energy future and the research needs and decisions necessary to underpin the UK's involvement in SMR development. Ultimately, it will be for industry to decide which technologies it wishes to develop and deploy, subject to the UK's robust regulatory regime. Government will continue to consider opportunities for the funding of research into SMR's alongside other technologies on a case by case basis.