Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 83311

Aluminium: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits to (a) the environmental and (b) employment opportunities from introducing domestic aluminium rolling capacity.

Answer

Chris McDonald
To date, the Department for Business and Trade has not assessed the environmental and employment opportunities potentially derived from the introduction of a UK aluminium rolling mill.