HC Deb 02 July 2002 vol 388 c289W
Ms Shipley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what level of tax relief has been provided for land decontamination in each(a) nation and (b) region of the UK. [65067]

John Healey

Where qualifying conditions are met, waste arising from the reclamation of contaminated land is exempted from landfill tax wherever in the United Kingdom it is landfilled.

Companies can also claim a 150 per cent. payable tax credit for the costs incurred in cleaning up contaminated land sites. No estimates of the take-up of this measure are yet available.