To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what effect he expects the planned change in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s budget for 2007-08 and beyond to have on the release of decontaminated land for development at Harwell. (142652)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The NDA’s annual plan for 2007 sets out their proposals for cleanup at Harwell. And the NDA’s budget for 2007-08 has been set. It is for the NDA, in discussion with the site, to prioritise cleanup in light of available funding. The NDA budget for 2008-09 and beyond is part of the CSR discussions which are in train.