Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the use of domestic steel production and fabrication in taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects, and whether the financial support packages agreed for British Steel and Tata Steel UK include any procurement-related requirements, such as obligations on departments or publicly funded projects to consider the use of UK-produced steel.

We want to see more use of UK made steel in public projects, whilst respecting our national and international legal obligations.

To ensure that our steel producers, including British Steel and Tata Steel UK, are in the best position to bid for and win public contracts in that market, our steel Procurement Policy Note, introduced in June, states that all organisations in scope should consult UK Steel’s digital catalogue before making procurement decisions.

More broadly, we also welcome industry led local content targets across all industrial strategy sectors, including clean energy.