Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of steel procured by Government departments has been supplied by British companies in each year since 2010.

This information is not held centrally.

The Government has published details of upcoming steel requirements for national infrastructure projects. The data shows how the government plans to use three million tonnes of steel until 2020 on infrastructure projects such as High Speed 2 (HS2) and the maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s motorway network. We have introduced public procurement guidelines that help UK steel suppliers to compete effectively with international suppliers for major projects.