Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the competitiveness and long-term viability of UK steelmakers of publicly funded projects specifying grades of electric arc furnace steel that cannot be sourced from British producers at scale; and whether they have made an assessment of the risk that those specifications increase reliance on imported steel and excludes domestic steel from use in publicly funded projects.

This government is working towards a financially sustainable future for steelmaking in the UK, and we will set out our long-term vision for the sector in our upcoming Steel Strategy.

We are designing the Steel Strategy to drive growth in the industry, ensuring the sector is competitive and is in line with our national priorities, including increasing the level of domestic demand met by domestic production, to reduce reliance on imports.