Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of steel procured by her Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.
This Government remains committed to supporting the UK steel industry.
Defra collates information about steel spend for projects with the largest steel requirements, including origin where known. This information is published annually on GOV.UK at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement
The data was first published in January 2019, with the next iteration due to be published shortly.