Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of contaminated land across each of the four Black Country boroughs; and what funding is available for remediation of such contamination.

The Government has made no assessment of the extent of contaminated land. It is the statutory duty of local authorities to identify contaminated land in their areas and to ensure that risks to human health and the environment are removed.

The Contaminated Land Capital Grant Programme ended in March this year (2017).