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418424

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on protecting high hazard areas of work at the Sellafield nuclear facility.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	10006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Sellafield is the most hazardous site in Europe and contains the legacy ponds and silos – some of the most challenging decommissioning facilities. These have been deemed ‘intolerable’ by the Office of Nuclear Regulation, meaning that there can be no constraint on progress to remediate the hazards.</p><p>As part of its request for future funding as part of the Spending Review announced by HMT on 21 July, DECC’s return contains details of NDA’s estimates of expenditure in line with its existing plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21873 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1685936

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the incident at Sellafield Nuclear site on 28 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
	tabling member printed	Greg Clark
	uin	12049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017 imposes duties on employers to protect employees and other persons against ionising radiation arising from working with radioactive substances and other sources of ionising radiation. These duties have been used to create safe working procedures at Sellafield which are regulated by the Office of Nuclear Regulation. The adequacy of these procedures are the subject of regular review by the Office for Nuclear Regulation. There has been no impact to the public or the environment as a result of this event. Safety is the overriding priority at Sellafield.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 07/02/2024 08:06:22 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

923418

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) reliability of financial backers for Moorside nuclear reactor in Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	153326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The availability and reliability of financial backers for the Moorside nuclear project is a commercial matter for Toshiba, who own NuGen, the developer of the Moorside site.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to engage closely with NuGen, as we do for other new build developers on a range of issues relevant to delivering new nuclear projects.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/06/2018 12:43:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

923420

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with (a) it's Chinese counterpart and (b) representatives of State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation on the Moorside nuclear reactor project in Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	153327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department has engaged with a number of parties with respect to the proposed sale of NuGen, developers of the proposed Moorside project in Cumbria. These discussions are commercially sensitive so we are unable to provide details.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/06/2018 16:32:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

63628

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis was for the statement made by his Department's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in her foreword to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14, issued on 23 June 2014, that the continuation of Nuclear Management Partner's contract to manage the Sellafield site offers the potential of stability and focus on the priorities during a vital five-year period in the history of Sellafield as it transitions from an operational plant into a fully-fledged decommissioning site.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	202281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The decision on contract extension was for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in line with its duties and responsibilities under the Energy Act 2004. The Department has oversight of all NDA activity and, given the particular importance of Sellafield, officials were closely involved throughout the contract review. From this we were assured that the NDA reached its decision based on a thorough and independent review of performance in the first period of the contract and consideration of all the options available to it. Ministers endorsed the NDA Board's decision to extend the contract for a second term on the basis that rolling the contract forward represented the best way forward, giving the opportunity for NMP to build on progress made to date, address weaker areas of performance and make further real progress in this next five year term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 15:18:07 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

173388

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Written Statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of the removal of Nuclear Management Partners as the management of Sellafield and their replacement with a new management structure; and whether these costs will be paid from his Department's budget.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	220614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Contractural termination costs will be determined based upon the terms of the contract with Nuclear Management Partners. The precise terms of the contract are commercially confidential but these costs will equate to approximately one per cent of average annual fee. They will be funded from the annual site funding allocated to Sellafield Limited by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, whose overall budget forms a part of the Department’s budget.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/01/2015 15:35:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

173389

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Written Statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, if he will appoint representatives of non-governmental organisations to the board of the Site Licence Company for Sellafield.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	220615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Future appointments to the Sellafield Limited Board will be made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority based upon a thorough review of potential candidates available at the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/01/2015 16:13:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

173412

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his written statement HCWS183 of 13 January 2015, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, what plans he has to involve the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's national stakeholder forum and the Sellafield site stakeholder committee in the transition to the new management arrangements for Sellafield.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	220616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority intends to engage with a number of stakeholders, including through its national forum and the West Cumbria Site Stakeholder Group, as it transitions towards the new arrangements.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/01/2015 16:13:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

175245

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 January 2015, HC WS183, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, if he will publish on his departmental website the documents on the basis of which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority concluded that a change in the parent body contractor for Sellafield management was now the best way forward.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	221725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) will be placing appropriate information in the public domain in due course on the change of model at Sellafield.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:06:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

175246

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2014, Official Report, columns 141-2W, on Sellafield, what the evidential basis was for the Government's decision to endorse the decision of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to continue the contract of Nuclear Management Partners into a second five-year period as the best way forward at that time.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	221726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government approved the original contract (for a 17 year period, with fixed review points) with Sellafield Ltd under the ownership of Nuclear Management Partners (NMP) in 2008. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for managing that contract. All aspects of the contract review and the decision to extend the contract into the second term were made by the NDA Board in line with its duties and responsibilities under the Energy Act 2004.</p><p>The NDA reached its decision to roll the contract forward based on a thorough review of performance in the first period of the contract and consideration of all available options. That showed that whilst mixed, Sellafield was on track to meet 90% of its targets in the first five years of Nuclear Management Partners’ contract and there had been significant improvements in safety.</p><p>The Department has oversight of all NDA activity and, given the particular importance of Sellafield, Ministers were kept fully informed of progress. We were satisfied that the NDA’s review was thorough and endorsed the Board’s decision on the basis that at the time it represented the best way forward.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:06:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn