Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) received advice on the potential risks to health from radioactive particles found at Dalgety Bay.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) have internal advisors from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory who provide advice and support.
The risk to health is assessed and enforced by the regulator, Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Contamination levels and acceptable targets for corrective action were determined by SEPA using criteria established by Public Health England. The agreed corrective action to remove contamination was set out in the management strategy paper developed by SEPA, Fife Council and the MOD.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when officials from his Department (a) attended and (b) carried out inspections relating to remediation works at Dalgety Bay in each of the last ten years.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Ministry of Defence (MOD) officials attend the site at Dalgety Bay on a regular basis. The individual visits are not recorded centrally.
Other than during the period of Covid-19 restrictions, in each of the last ten years, Monitoring Survey Inspections of the site have been carried out on a monthy basis on behalf of the MOD, by the specialist consultant company, WSP.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the pollutant linkage identified by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in the foreshore areas of Dalgety Bay has been cleared since May 2021.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
Until such time as the works are completed, it is not possible to calculate the proportion of pollutant linkage identified by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in the foreshore areas of Dalgety Bay that has been cleared since May 2021.
However, to date, 85% of the work has been completed with 3,200 particles of contamination being removed from 7,000 cubic meters of foreshore.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the remediation works at Dalgety Bay.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The current Approved Budget Level for the project is circa £15 million.
The actual cost will remain undetermined until the work is completed and any risks addressed.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the process for the off-site disposal of radioactive material upon detection and removal from the beach and foreshore as part of the current and planned the remediation works at Dalgety Bay.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The off-site disposal of radioactive material upon detection and removal from the beach and foreshore is managed through a licenced facility that has been procured by the MOD’s Prime Contractor, Balfour Beatty.
Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) I beg to move,That this House has considered radioactive contamination and remediation works at Dalgety - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) contamination at Dalgety Bay. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (LAB - Kingston upon Hull North) Secretary of State just set out in a little bit more detail how he is going to deal with that type of waste - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) discussions he has had with representatives of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on plans to remove radioactive - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) The Ministry of Defence remains committed to delivering the planned remediation to Dalgety Bay and has - Speech Link
4: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) The people of Dalgety Bay in my constituency have been living with radioactive waste on their shoreline - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on radioactive - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (CON - Horsham) I am delighted that we are en route to the complete remediation of Dalgety Bay. - Speech Link
3: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) The people of Dalgety Bay in my Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency have had to put up with radioactive - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) I have said to the House before that we do not have time to waste: the climate crisis worsens each day - Speech Link
2: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) Members to the decades it took to get the MOD to accept responsibility for the clean up of radioactive - Speech Link
3: Aaron Bell (CON - Newcastle-under-Lyme) Friend the Member for Taunton Deane (Rebecca Pow)—the previous waste Minister—for her engagement on this - Speech Link
Aug. 04 2021
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