Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 106033

Department for Business and Trade: Research

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Department for Business and Trade does not maintain central records of feasibility study costs for projects that did not proceed.The information requested is not held in a format that would allow us to provide a comprehensive answer. To collate this i...

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