Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75420

Hazardous Substances: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of sites previously used to dump fly ash now used for house building on public health.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not undertaken any overarching assessment of the potential impact on public health from housebuilding on sites previously used to deposit fly ash.Assessments of potential land contamination used for housing are go...

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