Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the point at which the discovered mismatch between the work that was tendered for and the work that is required to be carried out in the Magnox decommissioning contract became significant and warranted the termination of that contract.

In line with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Framework Document, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy holds regular meetings with the NDA covering the breadth of its decommissioning work. The decision to terminate the contract with Cavendish Fluor Partnership was made by the NDA Board on 20 March 2017 and received ratification of the Accounting Officer, the Secretary of State and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 26 March 2017.