HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 cc539-40W
Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to the secretariat for the Hinkley Point C public inquiry; what is the current contact telephone number for the secretariat in(a) Somerset and (b) his Department; and for how long he estimates the secondments will be necessary.

Mr. Michael Spicer

My Department currently has four members of staff seconded to the Hinkley Point C inquiry secretariat. In addition another two members will be seconded to the secretariat shortly.

The telephone numbers for the secretariat are as follows:

  1. 1. Somerset—0278 652830 and 0278 652832
  2. 2. London—01 211 7324 and 01 211 5591

I expect secondments to continue until the inspector reports to the Secretary of State.

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the terms of reference of the public inquiry into the Central Electricity Generating Board's proposal to build a pressurised water reactor nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.

Mr. Michael Spicer

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Wells (Mr. Heathcoat-Amory) on 21 March 1988, at columns21–2.