HC Deb 04 March 1996 vol 273 cc15-6W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on each of the payments made from the Drawmops—decommissioning and waste management operational programmes—fund since its inception. [18064]

Mr. Page

The DTI has been funding United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority decommissioning and waste management work under the Drawmops programme since 1986—when the UKAEA was set up as a trading fund.

There is no separate Drawmops fund. The programme is paid for by an annual grant. Drawmops payments each year have been as follows:

Year £ Million
1986–87 15.77
1987–88 28.92
1988–89 34.21
1989–90 42.61
1990–91 82.76
1991–92 104.62
1992–93 125.00
1993–94 120.80
1994–95 126.71
.