Question follow-through · 122108
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned upper limit is for (a) overall contributions and (b) annual contributions from the public purse for support for the UK steel industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned upper limit is for (a) overall contributions and (b) annual contributions from the public purse for support for the UK steel industry.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to providing up to £2.5 billion to support the UK steel industry, which is being delivered in part through the National Wealth Fund and in part through direct support for companies. This is in addition to the £500 million inves...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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