Iron and steel: Employment
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs created by the steel industry in each of the last five years.
The Government recognises the vital role that steel plays within the UK economy, supporting local economic growth and levelling-up.
According to Office for National Statistics data (here), the provisional release date for the next Business Register and Employment Survey, which includes the year 2022 as a reference period, is September/October 2023.
The table below summarises ONS employment estimates for the steel industry:
Reference year | Jobs |
2021 | 39,000 |
2020 | 33,700 |
2019 | 33,300 |
2018 | 33,100 |
2017 | 32,200 |