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<p>For the first time this year the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy published information from Government departments and their arm’s-length
bodies on the value and origin of the steel procured over the financial year 2017/18,
where this information was available. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy did not directly procure any steel, from the UK or overseas, in this period
for major projects.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work closely with departments
and their arm’s-length bodies to improve awareness of the steel procurement guidance
and the quality of the information that they are able to provide us on the steel procured
for their major projects.</p><p> </p><p>In publishing this data and the annual Steel
Pipeline, we are supporting the industry to maximise its potential for growth, enabling
steel businesses to plan for future demand, and ultimately increase the amount of
UK steel used in both public and private UK projects. The Steel Pipeline shows how
the government plans to use over 3 million tonnes of steel – worth around £500 million
– over the next decade, on infrastructure projects such as the construction of Hinkley
Point C and the maintenance and upgrading of the UK’s motorway network.</p>
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