HC Deb 04 March 2004 vol 418 cc1077-8W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the cost of(a) building, (b) operating and (c) decommissioning (i) next generation nuclear and (ii) combined cycle gas turbine facilities. [158561]

Mr. Timms

The Department has published estimates of the cost of electricity generation from a variety of technologies, including next generation nuclear and combined cycle gas turbine facilities. These are contained in a report published in February 2002 available at: www.dti.gov.uk/energy/greenhousegas/index. shtml.

The Performance and Innovation Unit at the Cabinet Office also published similar estimates in its 2001 Energy Review. These are available at: www. number-10.gov.uk/su/energy/1.html