Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 99540
Furnaces: Scunthorpe
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Andrew Griffith
Conservative — Arundel and South Downs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost of decommissioning the blast furnaces at the British Steel Limited Scunthorpe Steelworks.
Answer
Chris McDonaldBritish Steel remains privately owned and estimated costs to decommission the blast furnaces is commercially sensitive information.