Cement: Industry
(asked on 2nd September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15472 on Cement, what proportion of cement used domestically was produced in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade does hold information about the proportion of cement used[1] domestically that was produced in the UK in each of the last 10 years, which is summarised in the table below:
Year | Cement sales from UK/GB production[2] (kilo tonnes) [A] | Total cement sales (includes all imports, kilo tonnes) [B] | Cement sales from UK/GB production as a proportion of total cement sales [A/B] |
2014 | 8,751 | 10,568 | 83% |
2015 | 9,526 | 11,585 | 82% |
2016 | No data | 12,001 | No data |
2017 | 9,063 | 11,796 | 77% |
2018 | 9,141 | 11,739 | 78% |
2019 | 9,078 | 11,605 | 78% |
2020 | 8,030 | 10,381 | 77% |
2021 | 9,077 | 12,367 | 73% |
2022 | 8,364 | 12,010 | 70% |
2023 | 7,486 | 11,082 | 68% |
2024 | 7,091 | 10,292 | 69% |
Source: Building materials and components statistics: July 2026 - GOV.UK, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, 5 August 2026.
[1] For the purposes of this analysis, cement sales are used as a proxy for cement usage.
[2] Great Britain up to and including 2014, and the United Kingdom from 2015 onwards.