Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the support and overhead costs of each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's site licence companies were in each of the last five years; and how much of such costs was spent in each category of expenditure included in those costs.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s expenditure on support costs was £857m in 2009-10, £739m in 2010-11, £800m in 2011-12, £801m in 2012-13 and £814m in 2013-14. The definition of support costs includes research and technology, IT, security, facilities, programme management, procurement, human resources, finance, head-office costs, EHS&Q (environment, health safety and quality), regulatory engagement and communications.