Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel

(asked on 20th January 2020) - View Source

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.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 27th January 2020

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.

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