Office for Nuclear Regulation (Report to Parliament)

Andrea Leadsom Excerpts

Monday 29th June 2015 Written Statements

[The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Andrea Leadsom)]

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change will today lay before Parliament an annual report to Parliament by the Secretary of State. The report sets out the use of the Secretary of State’s powers under part 3 of the Energy Act 2013, which created the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

Both my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for Nuclear Regulation have been consulted. The report discloses which powers have been used under Section 108 of the Energy Act 2013 during the last financial year (2014-2015). For completeness the report also refers to the exercise of powers in the first short reporting period of ONR from 10 March 2014 to 31 March 2014.

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