East West Rail Line: Iron and Steel — Written Question

Question

Alex Mayer

Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of British-produced steel used in the construction of the East West Rail project from Bletchley to Oxford; and what estimate she has made of the volume requir

Answer

Simon Lightwood

All rail used in the build of Connection Stage 1 (Oxford to Milton Keynes) was British Steel supplied via Network Rail SCO operations, which amounts to just under 4,100 tonnes. There would also have been a small additional amount used in built structures ...

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