10 December 2009
Socio Economic Panel
Panel to consider funding requests under £100,000.
27 October 2009
Socio Economic Panel
Panel to consider funding requests under £100,000.
10 September 2009
Socio Economic Panel
Panel to consider funding requests under £100,000.
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Response to Guardian Article of 24th July
25 July 2008
In response to an article in the Guardian newspaper of 24th July, the NDA has submitted the following to the editor for publication:
"Contrary to your headline of 24th July, that “nuclear funding is in chaos”, this is simply not the case.
The Department for Business and NDA took steps to secure additional funding on a prudent basis, pending resolution and endorsement by the National Audit Office, of a complex, long-term accounting issue. This was successfully resolved by the NDA finance team and approved by the NAO. The additional funding was not required and returned to HM Treasury.
The NDA ended the financial year with savings of £110m against approved budget, all of which will be ploughed back into decommissioning.
Despite widely recognised and reported volatility of income from ageing plant, the NDA has in each year of operation remained within budget and created efficiency savings, disclosed within the published and audited Annual Report and Accounts. These achievements have also been recognised by the Public Accounts Committee.
The NDA finance team have not been sent for “retraining” – the highly skilled team recruited to help deliver the NDA mission have actively sought additional training as part of their ongoing routine professional development."