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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Research

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 January 2026UIN 106039

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

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