Question follow-through · 31033
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis on providing additional support to prevent the closure of key strategic steel plants.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis on providing additional support to prevent the closure of key strategic steel plants.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
Our commitment to the steel industry remains unwavering. On Sunday 16 February we published a consultation on our Plan for Steel. Along with work already ongoing across Government, this will provide a clear evidence base on the needs of the steel sector a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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