Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1603 on Academies: Electric Vehicles, whether the review of electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes for academy trusts has concluded; and when academy trusts will be permitted to (a) introduce new schemes and (b) expand existing schemes.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department issued an update on 08 July, confirming that academy trusts can enter electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes without seeking prior department approval from September 2026. Detailed guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electric-vehicle-salary-sacrifice-guidance-for-academy-trusts-and-colleges/electric-vehicle-salary-sacrifice-guidance-for-academy-trusts-and-colleges.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting the UK CBAM to primary materials on imports of finished steel goods.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

For the introduction of the CBAM in 2027, the Government has focused on three factors to determine its scope: firstly, those sectors within scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme; secondly, those most at risk of carbon leakage; and thirdly, where effective implementation is feasible. As a result, for now we have focused on including the simplest (upstream) goods within the iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen sectors and the Government’s priority is to deliver an effective CBAM on these sectors for 1 January 2027.

The government will keep the list of products in scope of CBAM under review from 2027 onwards, to reflect the evolving carbon leakage context.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Police Remuneration Review Body’s report and her response to its recommendations for the 2026-27 police pay award.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Government is giving very careful consideration to the recommendations recently submitted by the Police Remuneration Review Body. A decision will be announced in due course.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will consider bringing the Contracts for Difference Scheme under the remit of the Procurement Policy Note for Steel and the national security clauses of the Procurement Act.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

As set out in the recent UK Steel Strategy, the Clean Industry Bonus element of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme rewards offshore wind developers if they use UK steel in their projects. There are currently no plans to bring the CfD scheme under the remit of the Procurement policy note for steel, and the National clauses of the Procurement Act 2023.

The Department is committed to working closely across Government and industry stakeholders to take forward the actions needed to develop supply chains that are resilient, sustainable, innovative and secure.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing public procurement policy to (a) incentivise and (b) require greater use of UK-made steel in publicly funding projects in the context of the decision of the Net Zero Teesside Power contract.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government knows it is important to communities across the country that we use UK-made steel. We are ambitious about increasing the use of UK made steel in UK energy and infrastructure projects where possible.

Net Zero Teesside is not a public procurement (so public procurement guidelines do not apply) but we have spoken to the project developer to understand more about the use of UK and non-UK steel, as well as the wider use of UK local content, in the project. They confirmed their voluntary commitment to achieve more than 50% UK content across the value chain, with around £1billion UK-based sub-contracts already awarded.

We want to champion UK steelmaking and our steel communities now and for generations to come and my colleagues at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero are looking at how greater UK content will be used in future projects.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will expand the Energy Supercharger package to include a larger proportion of the steel industry and related sectors, including scrap.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government remains committed to ensuring British businesses are internationally competitive and I recognise the pressure that energy costs place on the steel industry and related sectors.

A number of firms supporting the wider steel industry are currently eligible for the British Industry Supercharger and are benefiting from the recent uplift to the Network Charging Compensation Scheme. The Supercharger is being reviewed this year, and I encourage scrap and wider metals sectors to engage with the upcoming review.

The recovery of sorted material will become an eligible sector under the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme which will provide exemptions from April 2027.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on extending the Procurement Act and Procurement Policy Note for Steel to Contracts for Difference.

Answered by Chris Ward

Procurement Policy Notes issued by the Cabinet Office apply to all central government departments, non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies in line with the Cabinet Office's policy remit and apply to contracts in scope of the Procurement Act 2023.

Contracts for Difference (CfDs) act as a revenue guarantee scheme and therefore do not fall within the scope of the Procurement Act and related Procurement Policy Notes do not apply.

The Government remains committed to ensuring that projects supported by public funds, such as Contracts for Difference align with national priorities for economic growth. For offshore wind Contracts for Difference, the Clean Industry Bonus offers extra revenue to applicants who choose to invest in the economic, social and environmental sustainability of their supply chains, and for the latest Clean Industry Bonus round (which opened in May 2026), offshore wind developers can include UK steel manufacturers in their applications.

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