Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 106040

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Research

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore BritainGreat Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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

Ian Murray
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold a central record of feasibility studies undertaken for projects that subsequently did not proceed. Identifying the total cost over the last five years would require manual review of recor...

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