| Heading: |
British Steel: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1818168 |
| UIN: |
64031 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4107 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dame Harriett Baldwin
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| Asking Member handle: |
hbaldwin
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@hbaldwin
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 and the £94 million announced to save the Scunthorpe plant and British Steel, how much further funding has been provided to British Stee |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4631 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
LabourSJ
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LabourSJ
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| Answer text: |
Funding of approximately £130m in total has been provided to British Steel to ensure continued operation of the blast furnaces. |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |