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Iron and Steel: Corby

Asked by Barry GardinerLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 1 September 2025UIN 69205

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the records of all the sites where waste was deposited following the site reclamation of the Corby Steelworks in the 1980s.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Records of all the sites where waste was deposited following the reclamation of the Corby Steelworks site should be held by the local authority that managed the reclamation, in this case North Northamptonshire Council.

The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information.

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