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	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Chinese steel has been imported into the UK in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	3001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Imports from China have reduced by over 200,000 tonnes between 2014 and 2016, with 41 trade defence cases for steel currently in place.</p><p> </p><p>Data on 32 steel products published by the International Steel Statistics Bureau up until the last full month collected (April 2017) is set out in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2017 07:20:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry attachment 1 file name 3001 attachment.pdf title UK steel imports from China
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748451

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his Department's Steel Future Capabilities Review; and what effect that review will have on Government (a) policy and (b) procurement practices.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	3000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We will publish the Future Capabilities of the UK Steel sector study as soon as it has been finalised.</p><p> </p><p>The study, which involved the sector at all stages, was intended to support the UK steel sector identify future opportunities, in terms of domestic steel demand, within the UK market over the next 15 years. It should also help shape the steel sector’s proposal for a sector deal, under the Government’s Industrial Strategy. As well as generating policy considerations for the Government, including potentially around procurement practices, it will identify challenges which need to be addressed by the sector itself in order to capture these future opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2017 08:29:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748448

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to support local authorities in procuring steel of UK origin.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	2999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Since December 2016, all local authorities have been required to implement existing government guidelines that set out how government buyers should source steel for major projects so that the true value of UK steel is taken into account in major procurement decisions:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1116-procuring-steel-in-major-projects-revised-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1116-procuring-steel-in-major-projects-revised-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 13:24:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748449

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to commence reporting on UK steel content in relation to procurement by Government Departments.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	2996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Last December, the Government issued updated 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; and extended this guidance to the wider public sector.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of the guidance, the Government has been working closely with departments to monitor the impact and effectiveness of the guidance. Further work is ongoing to test the accuracy of the figures and therefore we are not in a position to publish the data publicly.</p><p>The Government also published its indicative future steel requirements to 2020 in December, to enable UK steel manufacturers to better plan and bid for government contracts:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1116-procuring-steel-in-major-projects-revised-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1116-procuring-steel-in-major-projects-revised-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/07/2017 10:59:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

748450

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether pipeline data has been made available to UK steel producers to ensure that UK defence steel requirements can be met by British steel producers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	2998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating the right conditions in the UK for a competitive and sustainable steel industry. In December 2016 the Government published its future pipeline for steel requirements, indicating the quantities of steel expected to be required for major projects, including defence. This will enable UK steel manufacturers to better plan and bid for Government contracts.</p><p>Updated policy guidance on Government steel procurement was also published, which the Ministry of Defence has adopted, which encourages the public sector to take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting procurement activities.</p><p>The pipeline, together with the updated procurement policy, is published on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-1116-procuring-steel-in-major-projects-revised-guidance.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 10/07/2017 15:49:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock