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Department of Health and Social Care: Research

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 28 January 2026UIN 106043

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 Karin Smyth

The information requested is not held in this format in the Department’s accounts system and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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