Question follow-through · 109496

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of imported steel used for British manufacturing projects.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
2 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of imported steel used for British manufacturing projects.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    In 2024, the UK produced 4 million tonnes of crude steel and imported 6.8 million tonnes of semi-finished and finished steel for a variety of uses, including manufacturing (1)(2). The Government knows how important the use of UK-made steel is to communiti...

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