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Nuclear Power: Consultants

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1329-30, on nuclear power: consultants, what proportion of the amount of each contract had been recovered in fees on the latest date for which figures are available; and what proportion of the monetary value of each contract he expects to be recovered under fees regulations. (263399)

I have been asked to reply.

The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has engaged a range of external bodies and individuals to assist it with various technical aspects, process assurance and organisation. The proportion value of each consultancy contract recovered in fees as of 31 December 2008, and the percentage value expected to be recovered under the fee regulations is as follows:

£Percentage

Contractors: (listed in columns 1431W)

Cost

Amount recovered at 31 December 2008

The proportion value of each contract recovered

Recoverable

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)

229,879.00

230,267.61

100

100

Washington E and C Ltd

70,000.00

25,000.00

36

100

EPRI

57,144.00

13,471.60

24

100

Health Protection agency (formerly NRPB)

16,564.40

16,560.81

100

100

Morson International

14,000.00

8,231.70

59

100

Imperial College London

800.00

800.00

100

100

OECD-NEA

352,312.84

39,672.30

11

100

AMEC NNC

19,314.00

6.037.80

31

100

Atkins Nuclear

22,483.02

4,905.48

22

100

Other Contractors (used since)

DYCODA, LLC

10,000.00

6,499.50

65

100

Jacobsen Engineering Ltd.

104,400.00

0.00

0

100

Serco Assurance

59,975.00

58,010.92

97

100

University of Liverpool

2,605.81

2,606.07

100

100

VTT Technical Research Centre Finland

66,600.00

70,403.02

106

100

Process Review Board: (column 1432W)

David Hughes

12,500.00

15,683.95

125

100

John Raine

15,016.00

11,508.21

77

100

Bernard Whittle

12,155.00

8,565.60

70

100

Phillip Woodward

12,155.00

7,685.20

63

100

Project Assurance Officer: (column 1432W)

James Furness

29,500.00

3,848.96

13

100

Additional costs above contract value for VTT and David Hughes were incurred as a result of contract extension.

The variance on the IAEA contract is due to currency exchange rate and bank charges.

Values in table are contract values not annual costs.