Question follow-through · 18249
British Steel: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of nationalising the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an estimate of the cost of nationalising the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe.
10 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
As part of the Government's responsible approach to policy and decision-making, we have considered the merits of nationalising British Steel and made an estimate of the cost. That estimate is confidential for commercial reasons. However, the Government ha...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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