Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the breakdown in (1) money, and (2) tonnes of steel, awarded to (a) British suppliers, and (b) non-British based suppliers, of the contracts awarded for constructional steel products for High Speed 2 to date.

Whilst HS2 Ltd does not currently have any plans to directly buy steel, it does apply a strategic and transparent approach to the sourcing of steel for the HS2 Programme through its Tier 1 contractors and their supply chains. HS2 Ltd ensures a fair procurement process which complies with UK procurement law and the Government policy for the procurement of steel. The contractors involved in the delivery of HS2 have only recently commenced their procurement of steel for the HS2 programme and therefore very little of the 1.3 million tons needed for Phase One has so far been procured.

UK produced and fabricated steel already delivering for HS2:

• Cleveland Bridge in Darlington for the design, production and installation of 1,130 tonnes worth of steel girders, for modular bridges near our Interchange station site in Solihull.
• Caunton Engineering in Nottinghamshire for 2,400 tonnes of structural steel
• Celsa Steel in Cardiff for 1,800 tonnes of loose steel and rebar.

Other Contracts:

• Eiffage Metal have a contract for fabrication of viaduct plate sections (9000 tonnes), the source of the actual steel for this contract is yet to be determined.