Question follow-through · 127204
Ensus UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to HCWS1501, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of operating the Ensus UK Limited plant for the initial three-month period.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to HCWS1501, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of operating the Ensus UK Limited plant for the initial three-month period.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The costs associated with this intervention have been independently verified and are commercially sensitive. The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts will record the expenditure incurred with Ensus and disclosures surrounding the expenditure incurred w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to UIN 127204, which section of the Industrial Development Act 1982 was invoked in order to provide financial assistance to Ensus.
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