Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's budget he expects to be spent on decommissioning and cleaning up nuclear plants in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority expects the proportion of its expenditure through its Site Licence Companies that is used for decommissioning, as defined for the purposes of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Report and Accounts, to be 37% in 2014-15 and 41% in 2015-16. The remainder of this budget will be spent on waste and nuclear materials management, commercial operations and support costs.