All 2 Ministerial Corrections debates in the Commons on 11th Oct 2010

AWE: Manpower

Monday 11th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Lord Walney Portrait John Woodcock
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed at the Atomic Weapons Establishment sites in (a) Aldermaston and (b) Burghfield.

[Official Report, 9 September 2010, Vol. 515, c. 621W.]

Letter of correction from Peter Luff:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness (John Woodcock) on 9 September 2010.

The full answer given was as follows:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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Atomic Weapons Establishment plc employs 4,230 staff at the Aldermaston site and 340 staff at the Burghfield site. These numbers are full-time equivalent staff employed on 27 August 2010 and are rounded to the nearest 10.

In addition some 2,000 staff are employed by contractors at these sites.

The correct answer should have been:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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AWE plc employs 4,230 staff at the Aldermaston site and 340 staff at the Burghfield site. These numbers are full-time equivalent staff employed on 27 August 2010 and are rounded to the nearest 10.

In addition some 2,000 staff are employed by contractors at these sites.

AWE Aldermaston: Fires

Monday 11th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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Caroline Lucas Portrait Caroline Lucas
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incidents at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston have resulted in attendance of the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service in each year from 2006 to 2010; and on what dates each such incident occurred.

[Official Report, 9 September 2010, Vol. 515, c. 624W.]

Letter of correction from Peter Luff:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) on 9 September 2010. The date for the false alarm event in March 2006 should have been the 12th, not the 19th.

The full answer given was as follows:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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Since 2006, there have been four events at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston site where the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has been requested to attend. In addition, there have been three events where RBFRS acted as a stand-by resource while the AWE Fire and Rescue Service attended the event. These are summarised in the following table:

Date

RBFRS involvement

Event

3 August 2010

Attendance

Fire in explosives facility

9 January 2009

Attendance

Welding steel frame caused adjacent timber cladding and wall insulation fire

20 July 2007

Attendance

Pumping of flood water from medical building

17 October 2006

Attendance

High voltage equipment smoking and smell of burning

22 July 2006

Stand-by

Vehicle fire

29 June 2006

Stand-by

Small fire in a container during decommissioning operations

19 March 2006

Stand-by

False alarm



The correct answer should have been:

Peter Luff Portrait Peter Luff
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Since 2006, there have been four events at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston site where the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has been requested to attend. In addition, there have been three events where RBFRS acted as a stand-by resource while the AWE Fire and Rescue Service attended the event. These are summarised in the following table:

Date

RBFRS involvement

Event

3 August 2010

Attendance

Fire in explosives facility

9 January 2009

Attendance

Welding steel frame caused adjacent timber cladding and wall insulation fire

20 July 2007

Attendance

Pumping of flood water from medical building

17 October 2006

Attendance

High voltage equipment smoking and smell of burning

22 July 2006

Stand-by

Vehicle fire

29 June 2006

Stand-by

Small fire in a container during decommissioning operations

12 March 2006

Stand-by

False alarm