Dawn Butler – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dawn Butler on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the Oil and Gas Authority has undertaken on nuclear decommissioning; and whether that authority is subject to the Cabinet Office’s Consultation Principles, published in January 2016.

Andrea Leadsom

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is responsible for decommissioning and clean-up of UK’s nuclear legacy sites. The Oil and Gas Authority has no remit for nuclear decommissioning. ­

All OGA consultations will consider the Cabinet Office’s consultation principles where relevant.