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Furnaces: Scunthorpe

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 99540

The question

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.

Answered by Chris McDonald

British Steel remains privately owned and estimated costs to decommission the blast furnaces is commercially sensitive information.

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