Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 8 of the table on page 250 of his Department's publication, Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, if he will publish a breakdown of the figures under the heading, Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net, for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) 2017-18.
The breakdown of expenditure for 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 under the heading Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net is as shown in the following table:
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| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
Civil Nuclear Police Authority | Take up of provision | 76 | -317 | 115 | -1 |
| Unwinding of discount rate (provisions) | 106 | 45 | 27 |
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| Utilisation of provisions | -693 | -554 | -284 | -267 |
| Total Civil Nuclear Police Authority | -511 | -826 | -142 | -268 |
Coal Authority | Bad debts | - | - | 9 | - |
| Depreciation/amortisation | - | - | 141 | - |
| Impairment/revaluation | 6,676 | 5,290 | 4,911 | 5,477 |
| Take up of provision | -66,867 | 1,907,875 | 43,801 | 1,555,047 |
| Unwinding of discount rate (provisions) | 11,579 | 10,503 | -23,799 | -26,956 |
| Utilisation of provisions | -16,712 | -16,378 | -23,002 | -26,194 |
| Total Coal Authority | -65,324 | 1,907,290 | 2,061 | 1,507,374 |
Oil and Gas Authority | Notional Costs | - | -14 | - | - |
| Take up of provision | - | 191 | 106 | 30 |
| Unwinding of discount rate (provisions) | - | 3 | - | 4 |
| Utilisation of provisions | - | -14 | - | - |
| Total Oil and Gas Authority | - | 166 | 106 | 34 |
Total Managing our energy legacy safely and responsibly (ALB) net |
| -65,835 | 1,906,630 | 2,025 | 1,507,140 |