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  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222816, what estimate he has made of (a) the total number of hours, (b) full-time equivalent staff employed and (c) costs of reachback support in 2014-15 to date.

    Matthew Hancock

    Reachback Summary

    Actual Cost £k

    Hours

    Roles

    14/15 Year End Forecast as at Pd9

    10,821

    68,933

    63

    15/16 Forecast

    6,008

    37,050

    33
  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2015 to Question 220911, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority expects to award Nuclear Management Partners in efficiency fees in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

    Matthew Hancock

    As owners of Sellafield Ltd, under the terms of the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) contract, Nuclear Management Partners is paid dividends funded by the fees earned by Sellafield Limited. The estimated fee payable to Sellafield Limited for 2014-15 is commercially sensitive and will not be disclosed until after it has been determined following the end of the financial year. For financial year 2015-16 the amount of fee pool available is still subject to discussion between Sellafield Limited and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of termination of its contract with Nuclear Management Partners.

    Matthew Hancock

    Contractual 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 (this arrives at around £430K plus interest from the start of 2014/15). NMP will earn fees in line with its contract over the course of its contract notice period.

  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222816, what estimate he has made of (a) the total number of hours, (b) full-time equivalent staff employed and (c) costs of reachback support in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.

    Matthew Hancock

    Reachback Summary

    Actual Cost £k

    Hours

    Roles

    14/15 Year End Forecast as at Pd9

    10,821

    68,933

    63

    15/16 Forecast

    6,008

    37,050

    33
  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222829, how much of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s expenditure on support costs was for (a) research and technology, (b) IT, (c) security, (d) facilities, (e) programme management, (f) procurement, (g) human resources, (h) finance, (i) head-office costs, (j) environment, health safety and quality, (k) regulatory engagement and (l) communications in each of the last five years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The information requested is in the table below:

    £m

    13-14

    12-13

    11-12

    10-11

    09-10

    [A] Research & technology

    5.0

    5.0

    4.9

    4.7

    5.9

    [B] IT

    2.4

    2.2

    3.9

    3.6

    3.7

    [D] Facilities

    1.9

    1.6

    3.2

    2.5

    2.8

    [E] Programme Management

    12.5

    11.0

    11.4

    13.7

    18.0

    [G] HR

    2.1

    2.1

    1.8

    1.9

    2.5

    [H] Finance

    4.3

    4.4

    3.7

    3.6

    6.5

    [L] Communications

    1.8

    1.6

    1.4

    1.6

    1.5

    Support costs for security, procurement, head office costs, environment health safety and quality, regulatory engagement cannot be accurately disaggregated from wider NDA expenditure.

    Due to internal reporting changes and/or organisational structure changes, certain headings may not be consistent across the five years.

    Finance costs include internal audit costs and NAO audit fees, in each year.

  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222829, what the (a) research and technology, (b) IT, (c) security, (d) facilities, (e) programme management, (f) procurement, (g) human resources, (h) finance, (i) head-office costs, (j) environment, health safety and quality, (k) regulatory engagement and (l) communications support costs were for each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s site licence companies in each of the last five years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The information requested is not available.

  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222816, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed under reachback contracts in each of the last five years.

    Matthew Hancock

    The NDA did not record the number of individuals employed full-time under reachback contracts between 2009-2011. The number of full-time equivalent staff employed under reachback contracts in each of the last three years are:

    • 2011-12 126
    • 2012-13 149
    • 2013-14 134.
  • Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much Nuclear Management Partners has received in executive staff costs in each year since it became the parent body organisation for Sellafield Ltd.

    Matthew Hancock

    The information requested is below:

    £k

    • 2008/09 3,211
    • 2009/10 8,463
    • 2010/11 9,068
    • 2011/12 11,066
    • 2012/13 8,629
    • 2013/14 6,658
  • George Hollingbery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    George Hollingbery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Hollingbery on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) time taken and (b) cost of dredging operations undertaken by the Environment Agency was in the (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14 financial years in each operational area; and what the expected benefits of such operations were.

    Dan Rogerson

    Dredging is not identified as a separate category within the Environment Agency’s budget allocations or work recording systems, as it is often carried out at the same time as other channel activities. It is included within the broader category of ‘conveyance’ on which the Environment Agency spent around £45 million and £32 million in total in 2012/13 and 2013/14 respectively. The Environment Agency carries out conveyance work, including dredging, where it cost effectively reduces flood risk to people and property. The Environment Agency estimate that, on average, conveyance work provides about £7 of reduced flood damages for every pound spent. Dredging can provide other benefits, such as land drainage and navigation.

    The funding spent on conveyance in each operational Environment Agency area was:

    2012/13

    2013/14

    Environment Agency Area

    Total Allocated (£M)

    Total Allocated (£M)

    Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire

    1.03

    0.56

    Cumbria and Lancashire

    3.77

    1.75

    Derbyshire Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire

    2.31

    2.27

    Devon and Cornwall

    2.77

    1.31

    Essex Norfolk and Suffolk

    3.96

    1.07

    Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire

    4.41

    4.47

    Hertfordshire and North London

    4.48

    3.40

    Kent and South London

    3.95

    3.12

    Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

    3.26

    2.86

    Northumberland Durham and Tees

    1.11

    1.73

    Shropshire Herefordshire Worcestershire and Gloucestershire

    1.07

    1.39

    Solent and South Downs

    2.01

    2.10

    Staffordshire Warwickshire and West Midlands

    1.27

    1.42

    Wessex

    2.01

    1.38

    West Thames

    4.12

    1.60

    Yorkshire

    3.43

    1.82

    Grand Total

    44.95

    32.27

    We do not hold information on the time it took for each of the dredging operations to be undertaken.

  • George Hollingbery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    George Hollingbery – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Hollingbery on 2015-02-12.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Environment Agency has (a) issued warnings and (b) brought prosecutions as a result of dredging or channel maintenance activities in each of the last three years; on how many occasions referrals were made to the police following such activities; and which rivers were affected in each such case.

    Dan Rogerson

    The Environment Agency has a range of enforcement and sanction options that it can employ against those undertaking dredging or channel maintenance works incorrectly.

    Environment Agency officers do issue warnings and, where appropriate, make referrals to the police. However, the Environment Agency does not hold statistics on this centrally.