Question follow-through · 106040
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold a central record of feasibility studies undertaken for projects that subsequently did not proceed. Identifying the total cost over the last five years would require manual review of recor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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