British Energy: Finance

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what payments were made to British Energy for contractual historic spent fuel liabilities in each year for which figures are available.

Malcolm Wicks
The payments made to British Energy for historic spent fuel liabilities were as follows in each of the following financial years:

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|Financial year|Payments made to British Energy (£)|
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|2004-05       |184,812,000                        |
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|2005-06       |189,002,000                        |
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|2006-07       |196,389,000                        |
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These figures appear in the Department of Trade and Industry's Annual Report and Accounts, available on the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's website at

www.berr.gsi.gov.uk.