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1719920

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date	21/05/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether payments of compensation to contaminated blood victims will be funded outside the projected annual expenditure on health and social security budgets.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Given the uncertainty over costs, the scheme will be scored as Capital Annually Managed Expenditure. Annually Managed Expenditure is spend on programmes which are demand led - such as welfare, tax credits or public sector pensions. It is spent on items that may be unpredictable or not easily controlled by departments, as opposed to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) which are allocated to and spent by Government departments. We will set out what this means for the public finances in the usual way at the next fiscal event.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2024 10:27:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1719923

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trade: Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most recent figures for the volume of trade between Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland; and how these compare with corresponding figures in 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The volume of trade between Holyhead and the Republic of Ireland from 2021 to 2024 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Table1: Republic of Ireland trade with Holyhead port, imports and exports trade value and net mass (2021-2024)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Exports to Ireland</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Imports from Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net Mass (kg)</p></td><td><p>Statistical Value (£)</p></td><td><p>Net Mass (kg)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>5,914,018,273</p></td><td><p>742,755,135</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>8,710,696,860</p></td><td><p>836,776,181</p></td><td><p>6,219,013,646</p></td><td><p>675,794,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9,197,743,475</p></td><td><p>943,345,494</p></td><td><p>7,685,784,587</p></td><td><p>811,262,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>1,983,688,480</p></td><td><p>247,346,818</p></td><td><p>2,094,184,476</p></td><td><p>262,110,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25,806,147,088</p></td><td><p>2,770,223,628</p></td><td><p>15,998,982,709</p></td><td><p>1,749,167,904</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>Data </em><em>Source:</em> HMRC, <em>Overseas</em><em> Trade in Goods Statistics</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) HMRC does not have data for 2021 imports as Staged Customs Controls (SCC) allowed an extended period for traders to complete their declarations. During this period HMRC continued to source intra-EU data from Intrastat declarations. (2) 2024 only contains data relating to January, February, and March.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not have port data prior to 2021 as the UK was part of the European Union and customs declarations were not required for these movements. Trade data for intra-EU movements was collected via monthly Intrastat declarations which did not collect information on ports. <br> <br> Also, HMRC does not have data for 2021 imports as Staged Customs Controls (SCC) allowed an extended period for traders to complete their declarations. During this period HMRC continued to source intra-EU data from Intrastat declarations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2024 11:44:49 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1718143

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Iron and steel: Port Talbot
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions Ministers have had with (1) Tata Steel, (2) the Welsh Government, and (3) companies in the nuclear energy sector, concerning the possibility of constructing a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The construction of a small nuclear reactor at Port Talbot to provide energy for the manufacture of steel has not been discussed as part of Tata Steel's plans for the construction of an Electric Arc Furnace at the site. The UK Government does not have a role in Tata Steel's energy purchasing arrangements, and the energy sources that Tata will choose to use are a commercial decision for them.</p><p>The Alternative Routes to Market for New Nuclear Projects consultation explored potential wider roles of nuclear energy beyond electricity generation, including large scale industrial applications. The consultation responses are now being analysed and will help shape future policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 09:10:08 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1717048

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
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	Universities: Nuclear Reactors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many universities in England have small nuclear reactors that are being used to develop or apply radiotherapy medical treatment.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL4554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no universities in England that have small nuclear fission reactors that are being used to develop or apply radiotherapy medical treatment.</p><p> </p><p>It is critical that the UK continues to maintain access to the nuclear medicines it needs. In the 2024 Civil Nuclear Roadmap, the government committed to considering a research reactor and an accelerator in the next Spending Review to address the UK’s supply needs.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have yet been taken by the government to select one or more technology options.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/05/2024 10:58:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley