Question follow-through · 59759

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of British-made steel procured by the UK defence industry in the last year.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 13 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 18 Jun 2025
Answer: 18 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of British-made steel procured by the UK defence industry in the last year.
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK steel sector provides vital support to the UK’s defence capabilities. Steel used in our major Defence programmes is sourced by our prime contractors from a range of UK and international suppliers, as programmes may often have requirements for speci...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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