The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Chairman of Committees how many apprentices are employed in the House of Lords.
Lord Laming
The House of Lords Administration does not currently employ any apprentices. The Administration supports training related to employees’ work in the House of Lords, and has a graduate trainee post in the Parliamentary Archives.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2015-12-02.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis, and by which process, the relevant shares of the proposed Apprenticeship Levy will be distributed to the devolved administrations.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
We are working with the devolved administrations to ensure fair and transparent funding and, as far as possible, to develop a system for administering the levy which complements the skills and apprenticeship policies of each of the devolved administrations. We are committed to doing all we can to make the system work for employers wherever they are in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2016-02-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the European Commission on when their revision of the European Arrest Warrant handbook will be issued.
Lord Bates
We continue to press the European Commission to revise the European Arrest Warrant handbook as soon as possible, in particular as it relates to proportionality. We have done so through both working groups in Brussels and bilateral contact.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2016-02-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have on how many European Arrest Warrants were sought by individual member states in 2015, and how many were executed.
Lord Bates
Figures for 2015 calendar year are not yet available. They will be released by the National Crime Agency when they have been verified later in the year. Figures for previous years are publically available at the National Crime Agency’s website at: http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2016-06-08.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what Capacity Market auctions have been held to date under the Energy Act 2013, and what were the price and terms of the successful bids at each auction.
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Three Capacity Market auctions have been held so far. Two market-wide, four-year ahead (T4) auctions were held in December 2014 (for delivery in 2018/19) and December 2015 (for 2019/20), clearing at £19.40/kW and £18.00/kW respectively, and securing 49.3GW and 46.4GW of capacity for delivery in those years. A smaller-scale Transitional Arrangements auction, focused solely on the Demand Side Response (DSR) sector, was held in January 2016, securing 803MW of DSR for 2016/17 at a clearing price of £27.50/kW. Winning bidders obtain Capacity Market Agreements, whose terms are established in law by the Capacity Market regulations and rules. Winning bidders and the volume of their individual agreements are published on National Grid’s CM register.
Results for the three auctions held so far are attached.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2014-06-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what nuclear power stations there are in the United Kingdom; which of those are being decommissioned; what has been the cost to date of each station; and what is the estimated cost of completion of the decommissioning process.
Baroness Verma
The current and former nuclear power stations designated to NDA are Berkeley, Bradwell, Calder Hall, Chapelcross, Dungeness A, Hinkley Point A, Hunterston A, Oldbury, Sizewell A, Trawsfynydd and Wylfa.
All are being decommissioned with the exception of Wylfa which continues to generate.
The costs of each station since their respective generation end dates, and during the period in which they have been in NDA ownership (since 1 April 2005) have been:
Berkeley £400 million
Bradwell £590 million
Calder Hall £265 million
Chapelcross £490 million
Dungeness A £285 million
Hinkley Point A £370 million
Hunterston A £345 million
Oldbury £72 million
Sizewell A £280 million
Trawsfynydd £540 million
The estimated cost of completion (the remaining lifetime cost) for all of the sites named is £16.5 billion.
EDF / British Energy stations are: Hunterston B, Hinkley Point B, Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Dungeness B, Heysham 2, Torness, Sizewell B.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rowlands on 2014-06-12.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the final cost of terminating the welfare to work contracts made before May 2010.
Lord Freud
We have interpreted the question as referring to the early cancellation of Flexible New Deal (FND) contracts in 2011.
I would draw your attention to the DWP Annual Accounts 2011-12 (page 174) FND exit costs.
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