Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 48573
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025
Question
Olivia Blake
Labour — Sheffield Hallam
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of domestic steel production to the transition to net zero.
Answer
Sarah JonesSteel was responsible for 3% of UK emissions in 2022, 16% of UK manufacturing emissions. The majority of these emissions were due to the production of steel via the Blast Furnace route at Port Talbot and Scunthorpe. Currently the only commercially viable ...
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