To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to announce the process by which the auction of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority sites at Wylfa, Bradwell and Oldbury is to be conducted; and if he will make a statement. (269202)

The process for the sale of land adjacent to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s sites at Wylfa, Bradwell and Oldbury was set out by the NDA in a press release on 26 November 2008. This is available on the NDA’s website at:

http://www.nda.gov.uk/news/land-disposal.cfm

The process is now well under way. The auction will end once a period of 24 hours has elapsed without a bid on any of the three lots. Once the auction is complete, the NDA will make a statement.