Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of steel procured by his Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

Based on data available, the Department estimates that the proportion of steel procured by the Department that has been produced in the UK is as follows:

• April 2017 to March 2018 – 45%
• April 2018 to March 2019 – 36%

The above data excludes the tonnage that may have been used for modular projects – which would be minimal given the small quantities of modular schools delivered to date.

Data collection on steel usage, source and type only commenced in 2017 as a result of Procurement Policy Note 15/16, issued by the Cabinet Office.