Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of the waste site at Sandy Lane, Worksop.

The previous Financial Secretary, in a letter to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw dated 19^th April 2017, set out that a waiver of landfill tax for such cases would set a perverse incentive which may lead to the abandonment of other such waste sites. Therefore it would be counterproductive to waive the landfill tax liability in this case. I agree with this assessment.

HM Treasury has made no estimate as to the value of the site at Sandy Lane, Worksop.

HM Treasury has not held any meetings with other government departments concerning the removal of landfill tax from abandoned waste sites owned by the Crown Estate.