§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 9 December,Official Report, column 389, what payments have so far been made by his Department to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority or British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. in respect of the agreements on nuclear liabilities outlined, and the payment estimated to be made within the public expenditure plans for the next three years.
§ Mr. Charles WardleUKAEA's decommissioning and radioactive waste management operations programme—DRAWMOPS—was established in April 1986. Between that date and the end of the financial year 1993–94 a total of £600 million was paid to UKAEA, by the Department of Energy and DTI, in respect of the nuclear liabilities on UKAEA and BNFL sites for which the Department has accepted responsibility.
Estimates which include DRAWMOPS costs for 1994–95 were published in Cm 2504. The actual amount paid in the financial year 1994–95 will not be settled until the year end. The amounts to be included in the Department's public expenditure plans for the years 1995–96 to 1997–98 will be included in the Department's estimates, which are due to be published in March 1995.