33-473: GDA may refer to: Generic Design Assessment , UK assessment process for new nuclear reactor designs Global Development Alliance , a program of the United States Agency for International Development GNU Data Access , a software API specification Golden Disc Awards , an annual South Korean major music awards ceremony Gounda Airport , in
66-437: A Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths will notify a person who registers a death about using the service. DWP transferred to a cloud-based service in 2016 using the government's G-Cloud purchasing process for IT services. The Crown Commercial Service states that "cutting administration costs and reducing the overpayments of benefits – usually because of out-of-date records of people's personal circumstances – protected
99-572: A policy of cold-calling vulnerable and disabled people to attempt to pressure them into accept lower benefit claims than they were legally entitled. In July 2021 the DWP agreed to stop after it was threatened with legal action. DWP administers the Disability Confident scheme, which supports employers to employ people with disabilities and to maintain the employment of staff who become disabled. The scheme operates as three levels: The scheme
132-644: Is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . It is responsible for welfare , pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. It is the second largest governmental department in terms of employees, and
165-505: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Generic Design Assessment The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is the regulator for the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom. It is an independent statutory corporation whose costs are met by charging fees to the nuclear industry. The ONR reports to the Department for Work and Pensions , although it also worked closely with
198-525: Is governed by a ten-member board, and is accountable to Parliament through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in matters of finance, governance and non-nuclear health and safety. Nick Baldwin CBE, former chief executive of Powergen (now E.ON UK ) was appointed part-time interim chair of the ONR on its formation, resigning as a non-executive director of Scottish and Southern Energy . On 21 February 2019,
231-454: Is intended to encourage employers to "think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people", but the DWP lost more disability discrimination cases at employment tribunal than any other employer in Britain between 2016 and 2019. The DWP introduced the "Tell Us Once" system in 2011 to enable people to use a single interface to inform
264-517: The Health and Safety Executive , The Pensions Regulator and the Money and Pensions Service. The department was created on 8 June 2001 as a merger of the Department of Social Security , Employment Service and the policy groups of the Department for Education and Employment involved in employment policy and international issues. The department was initially tasked with creating Jobcentre Plus and
297-737: The ACR-1000 and ESBWR were subsequently withdrawn from the assessment for commercial reasons, leaving the EPR and AP1000 as contenders for British new nuclear builds. Assessment of the AP1000 was suspended in December 2011 at Westinghouse's request, awaiting a firm UK customer before addressing issues raised by the assessment. In 2012 Hitachi purchased Horizon Nuclear Power , announcing intent to build two to three 1,350 MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactors (ABWR) on both of Horizon's sites. The GDA
330-773: The Central African Republic Grand Democratic Alliance , a political alliance in Pakistan Greater Dublin Area , a region of Ireland Grupo de Diarios América , an international trade organization Guideline Daily Amount in the United Kingdom Gwadar Development Authority , in Gwadar, Pakistan GDA (gene) , which encodes the enzyme guanine deaminase Giornate degli Autori , independent section of
363-528: The DWP was still using ICL VME based computer systems originating from its 1988 Pension Service Computer System to support state pension payments. The software was migrated to an in-house VME replacement system, in one of the largest computer replacement projects in Europe. DWP ministers are as follows: The Permanent Secretary is Sir Peter Schofield . With the creation of the department in June 2001,
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#1732772722220396-651: The GDA process for the Hualong One (HPR1000) started, and successfully finished in February 2022. The ABWR GDA process completed successfully in December 2017. In 2020, the GDA process was updated to be more suitable for small modular reactors and advanced nuclear technologies. A three step process was introduced: On 1 April 2022, the GDA Step 1 of the 470 MWe Rolls-Royce SMR started. Step 2 will begin once
429-722: The ONR on a statutory basis at a later date. The ONR was formed from the merger of the HSE's Nuclear Directorate (the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, the Office for Civil Nuclear Security and the UK Safeguards Office) and — from 1 June 2011 — the Department for Transport 's Radioactive Materials Transport Team. Legislation to establish the ONR was included in the Energy Act 2013 , and it
462-704: The Pension Service was created, bringing together many different departments and divisions. The Pension Service is a 'dedicated service for current and future pensioners'. The Pension Service consists of local Pension Centres and centrally-based centres, many of latter are based at the Tyneview Park complex in Newcastle upon Tyne . The following centres are at Tyneview Park: Local Pension Centres deal with localised claims for state pension and retirement related benefits. Pension Centres are found all over
495-644: The Pensions Service from the Employment Service and the Benefits Agency . The department became responsible for welfare and pension policy. It aims "to help its customers become financially independent and to help reduce child poverty ". In 2012, the department fully subsumed pensions, disability and life events under the DWP name; Jobcentre Plus and Child Maintenance Service remain as distinct identities publicly. Until 2021,
528-665: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced that Mark McAllister would succeed Baldwin as Chair of the Board. Mark McAllister began his five-year appointment as ONR Chair on 1 April 2019. The ONR Board oversees the operation of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Nuclear Inspector (CNI). John Jenkins, who was CEO from 2013 to 2015, resigned from his post on 28 February 2015 and
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594-808: The continued undertaking of operations in ageing facilities due to delays to the delivery of modern standard replacement facilities." The ONR anticipated AWE would move back to normal regulatory attention in 2021 after the new facilities are completed. Department for Work and Pensions King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP )
627-454: The country. Benefits dealt with at local Pension Centres include: The Disability and Carers Service offers financial support for those who are disabled and their carers, whether in or out of employment. The DCS have offices throughout the country and deal with the following benefits: The department has been found to frequently invite disabled people to interviews in buildings which are themselves not accessible to people with disabilities. When
660-774: The cross-government savings generated by Tell Us Once, estimated at more than £20 million per year. By switching from a physical infrastructure to a cloud solution, DWP has also benefited from cost savings of around 50% on the IT running costs of Tell Us Once". Before 2008, The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service were two separate executive agencies ; however it was decided in April 2008 to merge them into one entity named The Pension, Disability and Carers Service. Both former agencies kept their corporate branding and provided services under their separate identities. The decision
693-409: The day after the designer, Westinghouse, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because of $ 9 billion of losses from its nuclear reactor construction projects, mostly the construction of four AP1000 reactors in the U.S. On 21 September 2015 Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced that a Chinese designed nuclear power station was expected to be built at Bradwell nuclear power station . On 19 January 2017
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#1732772722220726-508: The design of submarine nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons, and does not regulate security or transport of MOD nuclear materials. ONR responsibility includes assessing the response systems for nuclear weapon accidents at HMNB Clyde and RNAD Coulport , in Argyll , Scotland. Since about 2013 the ONR has given the two major Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) sites enhanced regulatory attention due to "safety and compliance concerns, and
759-561: The government about a change in their personal circumstances. Using 'Tell Us Once', departments and agencies like the pensions service, HM Revenue & Customs , the Passport Office and local authorities are informed about a person's change in circumstances in parallel, removing the need for "repeated, unnecessary form-filling". Local authority departments making use of the service include libraries, housing departments, " Blue Badge " services and adult social care. In most cases,
792-476: The now-defunct Department of Energy and Climate Change . The establishment of the ONR followed a 2008 review conducted on behalf of the Government into the regulation of the UK civil nuclear industry, recommending the creation of a single industry-specific regulator. The ONR was created on 1 April 2011 as a non-statutory agency of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with the Government intending to put
825-524: The person does not attend the interview they deny the person disability benefits, causing malnutrition and destitution. The DWP systematically underpaid disabled claimants who were transferred from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support allowance, risking hardship for claimants. A cross party committee of MPs, the Public Accounts Committee accused the DWP of a culture of indifference to claimants. Since at least 2020 DWP has had
858-661: The second largest in terms of expenditure (£228bn as of July 2021 ). The department has two delivery services: Jobcentre Plus administers working age benefits: Universal Credit , Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance ; the Child Maintenance Service provides the statutory child support scheme. DWP also administers State Pension , Pension Credit , disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment , and support for life events from Maternity Allowance to bereavement benefits . Non-departmental bodies accountable to DWP include
891-592: The timescales and resources have been agreed. Although the ONR is primarily a civil regulator, the ONR Defence Programme regulates military nuclear and conventional safety across a number of licensed and non-licensed nuclear sites, which are operated for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) nuclear defence capability. This is carried out under a complex legal regime, in conjunction with MOD’s Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator (DNSR). The ONR does not influence
924-475: Was agreed in April 2013. In August 2014 Westinghouse resumed the AP1000 assessment, after Toshiba and ENGIE purchased NuGeneration and announced plans to develop Moorside Nuclear Power Station with 3 AP1000s. In November 2016 the ONR noted there was a "very large amount of assessment to complete with issues still emerging". On 30 March 2017 the AP1000 successfully completed the GDA process, ironically
957-441: Was appointed Executive Director of Regulation and Sarah High as Deputy Chief Executive. Additionally, Paul Fyfe was appointed as Director of Regulation Civil Nuclear Security and Safeguards, Jane Bowie was appointed as Director of Regulation for New Reactors, Mike Finnerty was appointed Director of Regulation Operating Facilities, Paul Dicks was appointed Director of Regulation Sellafield, Decommissioning Fuel and Waste and Steve Vinson
990-543: Was appointed Technical Director. As of 2021 the ONR had about 650 staff and a budget of £95.05 million, which was largely cost-recovered from users, with a 2% grant from the DWP. Following the 2006 Energy review the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate developed the Generic Design Assessment process (GDA), now operated by ONR, to assess new nuclear reactor designs ahead of site-specific proposals. The GDA initially started assessing four designs: However
1023-555: Was formally launched as an independent statutory corporation on 1 April 2014. ONR’s original mission (as detailed in the DWP/ONR Framework document) was: "To provide efficient and effective regulation of the nuclear industry, holding it to account on behalf of the public". The 2013 Energy Act specified that ONR's five statutory purposes were: Nuclear safety; Nuclear site health and safety; Civil Nuclear security; Nuclear safeguards; Transport of radioactive materials. The ONR
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1056-473: Was made due to the two agencies sharing about half of the same customers; as a single agency, the rationalisation of services would provide a better service for customers. The status of PDCS as an executive agency (and its existence as a merged entity) was removed on 1 October 2011 with the functions being brought back inside the department; and both The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service becoming distinct entities once again. Prior to July 2012
1089-610: Was replaced by Les Philpott on 1 March 2015 as the Interim Chief Executive. Adriènne Kelbie was appointed Chief Executive and took up the appointment on 18 January 2016. In October 2017 Mark Foy was appointed Chief Nuclear Inspector; he was previously the Deputy Chief Nuclear Inspector. New leadership arrangements commenced on 1 June 2021 which saw Mark Foy become ONR's combined Chief Executive and Chief Nuclear Inspector. Donald Urquhart
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