Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of procurement of British steel since the Government's procurement policy note 11/6 on procuring steel in major projects was published.

Last December, the Government issued updated guidance on how to ensure that public sector contracting authorities take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities; and extended this guidance to the wider public sector. All central departments, their agencies and arm’s length bodies are already required to apply these guidelines on relevant projects.