Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 17057

Net Zero Teesside Power: Iron and Steel

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Antonia Bance

LabourTipton and Wednesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing public procurement policy to (a) incentivise and (b) require greater use of UK-made steel in publicly funding projects in th

Answer

Chris McDonald
The Government knows it is important to communities across the country that we use UK-made steel. We are ambitious about increasing the use of UK made steel in UK energy and infrastructure projects where possible.Net Zero Teesside is not a public procurem...

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