To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the number of escorts of nuclear waste by the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary in 1996; if she will provide a breakdown of the cost of these escorts; and if she will make a statement. [2227]

Nuclear waste is not a category of nuclear material which requires to be escorted under the international recommendations, therefore no escorts were provided (or costs incurred) by the UK Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary in 1996 in this respect.