Written Question · S1W-32517 · Session 1
What level of funding the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has received to deal with any radioactive releases into the sea sin…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what level of funding the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has received to deal with any radioactive releases into the sea since the agency's inception.
The answer
SEPA's annual accounts provide figures for income and expenditure on regulation under the Radioactive Substances Act (RSA) 1993. Figures for the last three years are as follows: | 1999
- 2000 | 2000
- 2001 | 2001
- 2002
RSA expenditure | 664,000 | 1,192,000 | 1,309,000
RSA Charging Scheme income | 436,000 | 843,000 | 1,023,000
Expenditure which is not recovered through charging is funded from Grant-in-Aid (GIA) provided by the Executive. These figures cover all regulation under RSA, which includes storage and disposal of radioactive materials and waste, as well as environmental discharges. It is possible that there are some aspects of radioactive substances monitoring that are not included in the above figures if they are not related directly to regulation. These activities will be funded from GIA, but GIA is not ring-fenced for specific purposes.
- 2000 | 2000
- 2001 | 2001
- 2002
RSA expenditure | 664,000 | 1,192,000 | 1,309,000
RSA Charging Scheme income | 436,000 | 843,000 | 1,023,000
Expenditure which is not recovered through charging is funded from Grant-in-Aid (GIA) provided by the Executive. These figures cover all regulation under RSA, which includes storage and disposal of radioactive materials and waste, as well as environmental discharges. It is possible that there are some aspects of radioactive substances monitoring that are not included in the above figures if they are not related directly to regulation. These activities will be funded from GIA, but GIA is not ring-fenced for specific purposes.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-32517 by reference.