Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial caps have been agreed with EDF and the Chinese investors in relation to the cost of storage of Hinkley Point’s nuclear waste.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Waste Transfer Contracts for Hinkley Point C were agreed between the Government and NNB Generation Company (HPC) Ltd, which will be the operator of the Hinkley Point C power station, and is owned by EDF and their investment partner, China General Nuclear.
The costs of nuclear waste have been dealt with in the contract to avoid the legacy issues associated with previous nuclear projects. Owners will pay for waste disposal and all costs of interim waste storage. The financial cap set for disposing of waste for Hinkley Point C is £1,159,250/tU for spent fuel and £65,850/m3 for intermediate level waste. These values will be indexed for inflation.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many horticulture training places on further education courses were available in each of the last five academic years.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Further education is demand led. Training providers have the flexibility to offer courses that respond to local skills needs. However, Table 1 shows the number of further education enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Tier 2 Sector Subject Area (SSA) over the past five academic years.
Table 1: All Age Further Education Enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Sector Subject Area, 2010/11 to 2014/15
Academic Year | Enrolments |
2010/11 | 36,200 |
2011/12 | 37,200 |
2012/13 | 45,400 |
2013/14 | 46,300 |
2014/15 | 41,600 |
Notes
1. These figures are a count of all enrolments that have occurred at any point in the year. Where a learner enrols on multiple aims (courses), these will be counted separately, even those with the same aim title.
Further education is demand led. Training providers have the flexibility to offer courses that respond to local skills needs. However, Table 1 shows the number of further education enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Tier 2 Sector Subject Area (SSA) over the past five academic years.
Table 1: All Age Further Education Enrolments in the Horticulture and Forestry Sector Subject Area, 2010/11 to 2014/15
Academic Year | Enrolments |
2010/11 | 36,200 |
2011/12 | 37,200 |
2012/13 | 45,400 |
2013/14 | 46,300 |
2014/15 | 41,600 |
Notes
1. These figures are a count of all enrolments that have occurred at any point in the year. Where a learner enrols on multiple aims (courses), these will be counted separately, even those with the same aim title.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sanctions the National Measurement Office can take against companies that trade in illegally imported timber.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2013 provide for the use of a Notice placing obligations on companies to comply with requirements, breach of which is a criminal offence.
Regulation 13 provides graduated penalties for offences: on summary conviction, a fine of £5000 and/or 3 months imprisonment; and on indictment, an unlimited fine and/or 2 years imprisonment.