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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the members of her Department's liabilities management unit; what the qualifications of each are; and what the permanent place of employment of each secondee to the unit is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will list the members of her Department's liabilities management unit; what the qualifications of each are; and what the permanent place of employment of each secondee to the unit is.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 April 2004
For answer on
10 May 2004
Answered on
10 May 2004
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the members of her Department's liabilities
management unit; what the qualifications of each are; and what the permanent place of employment of each secondee to the unit is.
[170978]
Mr. Timms: The DTI organisational structure contains a Coal Liabilities Unit and a Nuclear Liabilities Management Unit.
There are 39 staff in the Coal Liabilities Unit, 37 of whom are civil servants and two of whom are seconded from our claim handlers
IRISC.
There are 15 staff in the Nuclear Liabilties Management Unit, consisting of four civil servants and 11 secondees, from BNFL, UKAEA
and RW Newchem.
In addition, both Units have contracts with a number of consultants to provide additional support and advice.
Subjects
Qualifications; Membership; Public appointments; Secondment; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
10 May 2004
Reference
421 c82W;421 c84W; 170978
House
House of Commons
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Part 2 of the Energy Bill (HL) (Bill 93 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/37.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Part 2 of the Energy Bill (HL) (Bill 93 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/37.
By
Donna Gore
Type
Commons Briefing papers
Legislation
Energy Bill (HL) 2003/04; Draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill
Subjects
Decommissioning; British Nuclear Fuels; British Energy; Costs; Liability; Environment protection; European Union; Radioactive waste; Nuclear power; Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Nuclear fuel reprocessing; Nuclear power stations; Waste management; United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; Research; Waste disposal; Trade and Industry Committee; Civil Nuclear Police Authority; Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
6 May 2004
Reference
RP04-37
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings have been held between her Department's liabilities management unit and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CORWM); what matters have been discussed with CORWM at such meetings; and what decisions have been taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what meetings have been held between her Department's liabilities management unit and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CORWM); what matters have been discussed with CORWM at such meetings; and what decisions have been taken.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 2004
For answer on
23 February 2004
Answered on
23 February 2004
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what meetings have been held between her Department's liabilities
management unit and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM); what matters have been discussed with CoRWM at such
meetings; and what decisions have been taken. [154690]
Mr. Timms: My Liabilities Management Unit (LMU) and NDA Team have held two meetings with CoRWM to discuss the establishment of the
NDA, as part of the on-going work of the Committee.
This dialogue will continue.
Subjects
Radioactive waste; Waste management; Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
23 February 2004
Reference
418 c73W; 154690
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what developments have taken place towards the creation of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; what steps have been made to engage stakeholders in the preparatory process; and whether the terms of reference for the Committee have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what developments have taken place towards the creation of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; what steps have been made to engage stakeholders in the preparatory process; and whether the terms of reference for the Committee have been...
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Michael Meacher
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 March 2003
For answer on
26 March 2003
Answered on
26 March 2003
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what developments have taken place towards the
creation of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; what steps have been made to engage stakeholders in the preparatory
process; and whether the terms of reference for the Committee have been finalised; [104006]
(2) what criteria were used in choosing those invited to the meeting held in Manchester in March to discuss the way forward for the
new Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; which consultants were used to organise the meeting; and whether the consultants were
chosen by competitive tender. [104007]
Mr. Meacher: We shall be advertising in the press from today to seek applications from people willing to serve on the new Committee
on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM), which will be responsible for delivering recommendations to UK Government and the devolved
administrations on the best means of managing the UK's radioactive wastes over the longer term under the "Managing Radioactive Waste
Safely" programme. CoRWM's terms of reference have been finalised and are as follows.
Terms of Reference for the Members of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM)
Objectives
1. CoRWM is appointed jointly by Ministers of the UK Government and devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and
Wales, to oversee a review of options for managing solid radioactive waste in the UK and to recommend the option, or combination of
options, that can provide a long-term solution, providing protection for people and the environment. This follows the announcement
by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the UK Parliament, and by devolved administrations, on 29 July
2002.
2. CoRWM must ensure that this review of options is carried out in an open, transparent and inclusive manner. The process of review
must engage members of the UK public, and provide them with the opportunity to express their views. Other key stakeholder groups
with interests in radioactive waste management, must also be provided with opportunity to participate. The objective of CoRWM's
programme is to arrive at recommendations which can inspire public confidence and are practicable in securing the long-term safety
of the UK's radioactive wastes. It must therefore listen to what people say during the course of its work, and address the concerns
that they raise.
3. CoRWM will have a corporate responsibility to deliver its recommendations to sponsoring Ministers in accordance with agreed work
plans. It must aim to supply recommendations to them no later than the end of 2005, and sooner if possible. It will be for
Ministers, with appropriate reference to their respective Parliaments and Assemblies to decide future policy for the long-term
management of the UK's solid radioactive waste and to make arrangements for its implementation.
Committee characteristics
4. Size of the Committee. CoRWM will consist of a Chair, and 12 Members which will include a Deputy Chair.
5. Composition of the Committee. CoRWM will include people with a range of expertise: people with a perspective of environmental,
health, social or ethical issues, as well as people with technical experience and expertise in radioactive waste matters. Ministers
hope to find these skills and perspectives: radioactive waste, nuclear materials and how they can be managed; regulation of UK
processes that give rise to radioactive waste; public engagement, consensus- building and resolving conflict on contentious issues;
applying ethical principles to scientific and technical decision-making; national and international environmental law; scientific
and technical issues such as earth science, materials and their properties, and civil engineering; radiation protection principles
and their implementation; radionuclides and how they affect the environment; environmental, health and safety issues and how they
interact and conflict.
6. All members will need to be effective team workers, with good analytical skills and good judgment besides a strong interest in
the process of decision-making on difficult issues. A number of them will need experience of managing complex projects, drawing on
public and stakeholder group involvement and discussion, excellent drafting and communication skills, or business experience and
knowledge of economics.
7. The Chair, in addition, will be capable of successfully and objectively leading committee-based projects, grasping complex
technical issues, managing a diverse organisation effectively and delivering substantial results, presenting progress and outcomes
in public, a person with appropriate stature and credibility.
8. Access to other sources of expertise. CoRWM itself will have to decide how best to secure access to other appropriate sources of
expert input during the course of its work. Within this, it will have option of setting up expert sub-groups containing both Members
of CoRWM itself and other appropriate co-opted persons. A member of CoRWM will chair any sub-group of this nature and ensure its
effective operation, as well as provide a clear line of responsibility and accountability to the main Committee, and hence to
Ministers. This approach will enable them to draw on a broad range of expertise in the UK and elsewhere.
9. The number of such sub-groups will be kept to the minimum necessary. Their role will be that of providing advice for the main
Committee to consider and assess as it sees fit, and managing any activity which CoRWM delegates to them. It will be for the main
Committee to assess and decide upon the advice it receives from such sub-groups. CoRWM may also utilise other appropriate means of
securing expert input, such as sponsored meetings and seminars. The Chair will ensure that sub- group work and all other activities
are closely integrated with the Committee and with one another.
10. Length of appointment. Initial appointments will be for three years. Sponsoring Ministers retain the right to terminate
appointments at any time in light of individual members' performance appraisal, changes in CoRWM's work requirements, or completion
of the work required of CoRWM.
Programme of work
11. CoRWM's objective is to recommend to Ministers the best option, or combination of options for managing the UK's solid
radioactive waste that can provide a long-term solution, providing protection for people and the environment. The UK's waste
inventory contains, or will contain, a wide range of high and low activity, short and long lived wastes. CoRWM's priority task is to
recommend what should be done with the wastes for which no long-term management strategy currently exists--that is, high and
intermediate level waste now in storage or likely to arise over the next century or two, and some low level waste unsuitable for
disposal at Drigg. However, for some of these wastes, the Nirex "Letter of Comfort" system has provided a framework which has
enabled helpful progress to be made on conditioning and packaging. (Ministers have other sources of advice on other wastes for which
a long term management strategy already exists but where there may be long or shorter term issues needing attention. CoRWM may wish
to offer advice on these issues but this should not divert it from its priority task set out above.)
12. CoRWM will take a strategic approach to the review and assessment of options for the long term management of radioactive waste.
It will start by gathering information and familiarising itself with the issues, including meetings and presentations as
appropriate. The outline framework within which CoRWM is then expected to complete its work is: (i) setting the framework for the
review through identification, on the basis of sounding public and stakeholder views, of:
the inventory of materials to be covered (this will include not only the materials currently classified as waste liable to arise
over the next century or so but also materials which may have to be managed as waste during that period, such as some plutonium and
uranium as well as certain quantities of spent nuclear fuel);
the options for the long-term management of the various waste materials; and
the criteria against which each of the options being carried forward to the main assessment are to be assessed. (These criteria are
likely to be wide-ranging, reflecting among other things, the potential risks involved, concerns been expressed by the public and
stakeholders, and practicability of implementing each option.)
CoRWM should take the earliest possible opportunity to identify those options which have no realistic prospect of being implemented
within the reasonably foreseeable future, so that the main effort during the assessment stage can be focused on those which are
practicable. (ii) implementation of the review. This will involve evaluation of each of the remaining options, for each of the
wastes concerned, against the agreed set of criteria. The assessment will take account of existing information and any new research
that CoRWM judges necessary. An initial assessment report will be produced by CoRWM and subjected to appropriate soundings of public
and stakeholder group views. A final version will then be produced taking due account of the views expressed. (iii) formulation of
recommendations. The final assessment report will be used to formulate Committee recommendations to its sponsoring Ministers. We
also anticipate that, during the course of its work, CoRWM will have acquired views relevant to subsequent stages of the policy
programme. For example, the assessment of options will not consider potential radioactive waste sites; but it will raise sitting
issues--including whether local communities should have a veto or be encouraged to volunteer, and whether they should be offered
incentives. CoRWM will need to consider these issues, and may want to make recommendations to Ministers on them.
Formulation and agreement of work programme
13. CoRWM will prepare a detailed draft work programme, within this outline framework, that will enable it to deliver its
recommendation to Ministers within the required timescales. The programme will include any proposed sub-groups or other activities
or events that are likely to involve significant time and effort by the Committee. CoRWM will send this draft work programme to its
sponsoring Ministers for discussion and agreement at an appropriate early stage of its work. Such discussion may lead to appropriate
adjustment and refinement. In considering this programme, CoRWM and sponsoring departments and Ministers will be able to take
account of the parallel work with Government in this area.
14. In familiarising itself with the relevant background and issues, CoRWM will make itself aware of the UK Radioactive Waste
Inventory and the nature of current and expected future UK holdings of plutonium, uranium and spent nuclear fuel. It will take
account of existing technical assessments and research into radioactive waste management, and reports arising out of the Defra and
devolved administrations public consultation on radioactive waste. It will work closely with Nirex and other organisations with
relevant experience and expertise. CoRWM is also recommended to meet and take presentations from appropriate key-player
organisations and to visit a selection of key UK and, possibly, other European nuclear sites. It will also take a account of other
relevant policy developments, including the UK energy review. In particular, it is recognised that CoRWM will need to engage with
the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and it's predecessor, the Liabilities Management Unit, given that the former's output
will directly impinge on the long-term responsibilities of the NDA.
15. CoRWM is recommended to aim to complete its first phase (familiarisation work and proposals for the waste inventory, the waste
management options, and the criteria to be used in their assessment) after about a year from the date of its appointment. It is
thereafter recommended to aim for completion and reporting of the assessment work itself (the second phase) after about a further
year. Provision of recommendations to sponsoring Ministers would follow as soon as possible after that.
16. CoRWM should indicate the timing proposed for its work in the draft work programme sent for discussion with sponsoring
Ministers. The intent is that CoRWM's recommendations should be delivered around the end of 2005. If the Chair anticipates that
CoRWM will be late in completing any current phase or overall delivery of its work programme, he or she should inform the sponsoring
Ministers as soon as possible, together with an indication of whether and how the committee can catch up during any subsequent
phases of its programme. CoRWM will agree with Ministers how to proceed so as to be able to carry its programme forward.
Public engagement
17. CoRWM must inspire public confidence in the way in which it works, in order to secure such confidence in its eventual
recommendations. Hence, its work should be characterised by: a transparency policy; an active programme of public and relevant stake
holder group debate, using innovative appropriate techniques to ensure public involvement and support; encouraging people to ask
questions or make their views known, listening to their concerns, ensuring that they are addressed and that people get a response;
public meetings and other consultative processes, well advertised in advance and involving a variety of interested stakeholders
including members of the public; holding a significant number of its own meetings in public; clear communications including the use
of plain English; making information accessible to as many people as possible, including use of the internet, as well as ways of
reaching people who do not use the internet; and providing opportunities for people to challenge information, for example by giving
them access to alternative sources of information and points of view.
Chair
18. The Chair will be responsible for supervising the work of CoRWM and ensuring that its objectives are achieved. He or she will be
the main point of contact with the public and the media, in presenting progress and answering questions. The Chair will meet
Ministers on appointment, and then six-monthly to report progress. Notes of these meetings will be published. The Chair will provide
an annual written report to Ministers, by 1 December, which he/she may be required to present to Parliament or Assembly
representatives as appropriate. The report will set out, among other things, CoRWM's work programme, progress made, and costs
incurred. Ministers will also appoint a Deputy Chair who can assist the Chair as the latter sees fit.
Members
19. Members will work, under the Chair's supervision, to the programme agreed with sponsoring Ministers so as to ensure its
satisfactory delivery. Members will have a collective responsibility to ensure achievement of CoRWM's overall mission. It is not
envisaged that Committee Members themselves will be responsible for day-to-day work activities but rather in deciding what these
should be, overseeing their delivery, and reviewing and being responsible for the reports and other output delivered under CoRWM's
name. Individual Members may be appointed by the Chair to undertake specific, active roles, for example chairing sub-groups or in
representing CoRWM in meetings with the public, organisations who are contributing to the work, or the media. All Members will be
subject to individual performance appraisal as laid down by the Cabinet Office guide (see next paragraph).
Standards
20. CoRWM is set up by, and answerable to Ministers and is funded by the taxpayer. It must therefore comply with the Cabinet Office
guide "Non-Departmental Public Bodies--a Guide for Departments".
21. These and other relevant procedural requirements, including working to standards laid down by the Office of the Commissioner for
Public Appointments, are set out in the "Code of practice for members of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management" to which
Members will agree prior to appointment.
Resources
22. Sponsoring Ministers will provide CoRWM with resources--both staff and financial--to enable it to carry out its agreed programme
of work. These will include a secretariat which will help CoRWM carry out its programme including, at the outset, providing reading
material and arranging for further briefings and visits. The Chair and Members will have a collective responsibility for delivering
the work programme within the agreed budget, although the Chair may request sponsoring Ministers for adjustment to this budget
should this be considered necessary.
Payments
23. The Chair and Members will be paid for their work for CoRWM. They will also be fully reimbursed for all reasonable travel and
subsistence costs incurred during the course of their work.
These terms of reference and other relevant information concerning CoRWM will be included in information packs for prospective
applicants. Copies of this material will also be published on the Defra website and placed in the Library of the House.
Under its terms of reference, CoRWM will be required to engage the public and stakeholder groups widely in the formulation of its
recommendations. The Committee will itself decide how best to do this. However, to provide some initial ideas for CoRWM to consider,
a workshop involving about 50 persons with relevant expertise of public and stakeholder engagement processes was held in Manchester
on 10-11 March 2003. University College London were appointed on a single tender basis to run the workshop. Their report of the
workshop and its outcome will be published.
Subjects
Disclosure of information; Contracts; Codes of practice; Accountability; Consultants; Finance; Environment protection; Internet; Pay; Public appointments; Radiation exposure; Management; Radioactive waste; Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Nuclear fuel reprocessing; Public participation; Public meetings; Standards; Waste management; United Kingdom NIREX; Research; Waste disposal; Reviews; Uranium; Expert evidence; Plutonium; Committee on Radioactive Waste Management; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
26 March 2003
Reference
402 c228-33W; 104006;104007
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what resources have been committed in support of her Department's Liabilities Management Unit; what developments have taken place towards the creation of a nuclear liabilities management authority; and if she will make a statement. - Including figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what resources have been committed in support of her Department's Liabilities Management Unit; what developments have taken place towards the creation of a nuclear liabilities management authority; and if she will make a statement. - Including figure.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 March 2003
For answer on
13 March 2003
Answered on
13 March 2003
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what resources have been committed in support of her Department's
Liabilities Management Unit; what developments have taken place towards the creation of a nuclear liabilities management authority;
and if she will make a statement. [101998]
Mr. Wilson: By the end of the current financial year, the Department will have spent approximately £9.5 in support of the
Liabilities Management Unit (LMU).
As announced in the Queen's Speech, the Government will publish draft legislation later this year. This will set out the legal basis
for creating the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (formerly the Liabilities Management Authority--the new name better reflects the
Authority's role but its remit remains the same). We will also publish at the same time draft memoranda of understanding between the
NDA and the nuclear regulators and a draft NDA management statement, setting out the basis of the relationship between the NDA and
the Government.
In the meantime, I can report that good progress is being made in preparing the ground for the NDA. The LMU is developing a
comprehensive understanding of the liabilities on legacy sites and working closely with BNFL and UKAEA and the nuclear regulators in
a number of important areas including the development of comprehensive long term decommissioning plans for all the legacy sites. My
officials are also actively seeking out and talking to relevant and interested stakeholders, in particular through regular meetings
with stakeholders at regional level. The first round of these meetings is focusing on explaining progress to date and identifying
the issues which stakeholders want to discuss. The second round, in the summer, will focus on how the NDA might work with
stakeholders with a view to developing a draft stakeholder engagement framework that the NDA can build on once it is in place.
Subjects
Decommissioning; Finance; Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; Nuclear power stations; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
13 March 2003
Reference
101998; 401 c363W;401 c363-4W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of creating and operating the Liabilities Management Unit has been to date; and what the projected cost of the LMU until its dissolution is. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost of creating and operating the Liabilities Management Unit has been to date; and what the projected cost of the LMU until its dissolution is. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Patricia Hewitt
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2002
For answer on
7 November 2002
Answered on
7 November 2002
Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost of creating and operating the Liabilities Management
Unit has been to date; and what the projected cost of the LMU until its dissolution is. [77298]
Ms Hewitt: Between 1 April and 30 September 2002, my Department spent £4.26m on setting up and running the Liabilities Management
Unit. I expect the full cost for the 02-03 financial year to be around £10.9m. Similar annual expenditure is expected in the run up
to the establishment of the Liabilities Management Authority.
Subjects
Finance; Expenditure; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
7 November 2002
Reference
77298; 392 c725W;392 c754W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28th November 2001, Official Report, 375 c992W, on the UK Atomic Energy Authority, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear liabilities will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28th November 2001, Official Report, 375 c992W, on the UK Atomic Energy Authority, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear liabilities will be published.
Asked by
Tony Lloyd
(Labour)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 July 2002
For answer on
4 July 2002
Answered on
4 July 2002
Mr. Lloyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her statement of 28 November 2001, Official Report,
column 992W, on the UK Atomic Energy Authority, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear
liabilities will be published. [67725]
Mr. Wilson: The White Paper "Managing the Nuclear Legacy--A Strategy for Action" is being published today. Copies are available in
the Library and the Vote Office.
The White Paper sets out plans for radical changes to current arrangements for the clean up of the public sector civil nuclear
legacy including the creation of a new body-- the Liabilities Management Authority--responsible to Government and with a specific
remit to ensure that clean up is carried out safely, securely, cost effectively and in ways which protect the environment for the
benefit of current and future generations. It makes clear the Government's determination to drive clean up forward systematically
and progressively using the best available skills to get the job done and, through competition, to promote the development of the
supply chain and skills base required to sustain the clean up programme over the long term. It also underlines our commitment to
ensuring that management arrangements are open, transparent and command public confidence. Implementing legislation will be brought
forward at the first available opportunity.
In the interim, a Liabilities Management Unit (LMU) has been established in the DTI to drive forward the clean up work and to
prepare the ground for the LMA. Membership of the LMU is drawn from the private and public sectors. The appointment of Bechtel as
partner contractor adds international experience to the LMU, reflecting the Government's intention to ensure that the best skills
are brought to bear on legacy clean up.
In line with the commitment to openness and transparency, the Government have consulted widely with stakeholders in the preparation
of the White Paper and would welcome views on the proposed new arrangements and the way in which they should be implemented. Views
should be submitted to the Department by 18 October. Contact details are provided in the White Paper.
Subjects
Civil liability; Accidents; Radioactive waste; Nuclear power; Reform; Waste management; Waste disposal; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
4 July 2002
Reference
67725; 388 c477-8W;388 c475W
House
House of Commons
Pursuant to a statement of 28 November 2001, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear liabilities will be published. [HL 5063]. - Includes fact that Managing the Nuclear Legacy - A Strategy for Action is being published today. Copies in Library.
Pursuant to a statement of 28 November 2001, when the White Paper on arrangements for managing public sector civil nuclear liabilities will be published. [HL 5063]. - Includes fact that Managing the Nuclear Legacy - A Strategy for Action is being published today. Copies in Library.
Asked by
Lord Acton
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Sainsbury of Turville
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
4 July 2002
Answered on
4 July 2002
Subjects
Civil liability; Accidents; Radioactive waste; Nuclear power; Reform; Waste management; Waste disposal; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
4 July 2002
Reference
637 c56-7WA; HL 5063
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Salisbury, of 10th June 2002, 386 c993W, if she will state (a) the preferred bidder, (b) the private sector source for the loan of a Director to the Liabilities Management Unit,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer to the honourable Member for Salisbury, of 10th June 2002, 386 c993W, if she will state (a) the preferred bidder, (b) the private sector source for the loan of a Director to the Liabilities Management Unit,...
Asked by
Jim Cousins
(Labour)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 June 2002
For answer on
19 June 2002
Answered on
19 June 2002
Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Salisbury of 10
June 2002, Official Report,
column 993W, if she will state (a) the preferred bidder, (b) the private sector source for the loan of a Director to the Liabilities
Management Unit, (c) whether that source is meeting the staff costs involved and (d) the sources of loans and secondments of all
other private sector staff within the LMU. [62934]
Mr. Wilson: I am not yet in a position to give details of the partner contractor but I expect to be able to make an announcement
shortly. The Director of the Liabilities Management Unit (LMU) is seconded to the Department from the Ford Motor Company. The
Director continues to receive his salary from the Ford Motor Company but the Department is making a contribution towards it. The
other secondees currently in the LMU are drawn from BNFL and UKAEA. Costs are being met by the Department.
Subjects
Directors; Costs; Private sector; Loans; Staff; Secondment; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
19 June 2002
Reference
62934; 387 c348W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish the Bill to establish the Liabilities Management Authority; and if she will make a statement; when she expects the Liabilities Management Authority to be operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will publish the Bill to establish the Liabilities Management Authority; and if she will make a statement; when she expects the Liabilities Management Authority to be operational.
Asked by
Robert Key
(Conservative)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
Subjects
Liabilities Management Unit
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
386 c993W; 60027;60026
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff, by grade, are (a) planned for and (b) appointed to her Liabilities Management Unit; and what its budget will be (a) this year and (b) in the next two years. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many staff, by grade, are (a) planned for and (b) appointed to her Liabilities Management Unit; and what its budget will be (a) this year and (b) in the next two years. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Robert Key
(Conservative)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff, by grade, are (a) planned for and (b) appointed to her
Liabilities Management Unit; and what its budget will be (a) this year and (b) in the next two years. [60028]
Mr. Wilson: The Liabilities Management Unit (LMU) comprises a mix of private and public sector employees, the majority of whom are
secondees from BNFL and UKAEA. The Director is on loan from the private sector and is a Senior Civil Service equivalent. The
remaining staff are mostly Band C or equivalent. There are currently 19 staff in the LMU. The make up of the team will be kept under
review but it is not expected to increase significantly. The LMU's administrative budget for 2002-03 is around £1.5 million and
similar amounts are likely to be needed in the following two years.
Subjects
Career development; Finance; Staff; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
60028; 386 c993W;386 c993-4W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who has been appointed as a partner contractor for the Liabilities Management Unit; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, who has been appointed as a partner contractor for the Liabilities Management Unit; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Robert Key
(Conservative)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who has been appointed as a partner contractor for the Liabilities
Management Unit; and if she will make a statement. [60029]
Mr. Wilson: A partner contractor for the Liabilities Management Unit has yet to be appointed. My officials are in discussion with
the preferred bidder over contract arrangements. I will make an announcement when a contract has been agreed.
Subjects
Contracts; Companies; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
60029; 386 c993W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's liabilities management unit with specific reference to (a) its role, (b) its level of staff, (c) its annual budget and (d) the expected length of its existence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her Department's liabilities management unit with specific reference to (a) its role, (b) its level of staff, (c) its annual budget and (d) the expected length of its existence.
Asked by
Lord Stunell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 February 2002
For answer on
25 February 2002
Answered on
25 February 2002
Mr. Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on her Department's liabilities
management unit with specific reference to (a) its role, (b) its level of staff, (c) its annual budget and (d) the expected length
of its existence. [37083]
Mr. Wilson: The Department's Liabilities Management Unit (LMU) is in the process of being established. Action is in hand to recruit
senior staff and to appoint a partner contractor with top quality technical, operational and strategic management skills. As yet,
however, no decision has been taken about the overall composition of the LMU or its budget.
The LMU is intended to strengthen DTI's capacity for overseeing work on the nuclear legacy prior to the creation of the proposed
Liabilities Management Authority (LMA). This includes, in particular, acquiring a more detailed knowledge of BNFL liabilities and
working with BNFL to develop measures for monitoring BNFL's performance as a liabilities manager.
We envisage that the LMU will be wound up once the LMA is operational.
Subjects
British Nuclear Fuels; Finance; Staff; Liabilities Management Unit
Date
25 February 2002
Reference
37083; 380 c869-70W;380 c862W
House
House of Commons