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765786

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date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress his Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement guidelines published by the Government in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	105708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The amount of steel procured by the Department continues to be negligible as was advised in PQ 50636 (October 2016) and PQ 60074 (January 2017).</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/10/2017 15:53:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

673524

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how much steel in weight her Department has procured, (b) for what purpose that steel was procured and (c) what the countries of origin of that steel were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	60074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The department was not collecting this data over the period in question so we are unfortunately not able to provide this information.</p><p> </p><p>In Autumn 2015, Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to take social and economic factors into account in their procurements to help level the playing field for UK steel producers. This guidance has now been extended to the wider public sector.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of the guidance, Government has been working closely with departments to monitor its impact and ensure delivery. There are no plans to share Government level data publicly, due to its provisional nature.</p><p> </p><p>On 13th December 2016, the Government published its indicative future steel requirements to 2020, to enable UK steel manufacturers to better plan in advance of future government contracts.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/01/2017 17:52:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

622585

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/11/2016 13:24:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock