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British Steel: Scunthorpe

Commons · Question 99309 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Gareth Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken for the publication of the Steel Strategy on levels of skills at the British Steel Scunthorpe site.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 16 Dec 2025

The Government is committed to supporting the UK steel sector. Our decisive legislative intervention at British Steel has secured UK manufactured steel for nationally important projects like airports and rail and supported jobs and national security.We al...