Written question asked by Greg Clark (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 17 October 2008. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 November 2008 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Office of Nuclear Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the annual budget of the Office of Nuclear Development is, broken down by expenditure type.

Answer

The annual budget for the OND is £71.6 million. The budget is broken down by expenditure type in the following table.

Expenditure type	Annual budget (£ million)
OND Staff and Administration costs	3.4
Global Threat Reduction Programme¹	36.5
Redfern Inquiry	2.5

Non-proliferation policy:
Nuclear	15.3
Chemicals	4.1

Nuclear Policy	5.7
Nuclear Consultation Policy	4.1
¹ Covering DECC, FCO and MOD GTRP activities

Secondary information