Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress her Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement guidelines published by the Government in April 2016.

In line with PPN 16/15, the Education and Skills Funding Agency provides a 6 monthly project pipeline forecast and an estimate of the value of steel that is likely to be used for the school projects to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Her Majesty’s Treasury’s Central Support Team. It is understood that this information forms an input into information shared with the UK steel lobby.