Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact on British steel companies of the Government's new Ship Building Strategy.

The Government publishes the annual Steel Pipeline of upcoming national infrastructure projects to enable steel businesses to plan ahead for future demand. This pipeline also encompasses the programmes within the Shipbuilding Pipeline.

In addition, we are working with the steel sector to consider the recommendations of the Steel Procurement Taskforce, published on 22 February, looking at how government and industry can work together to help the steel sector best position itself for success in public contracts.