PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Transport: Iron and Steel (21 March 2016)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Network Rail procures approximately 120,000 tonnes of steel rail per annum from Tata’s plant in Scunthorpe. Network Rail procures a further 8,000 tonnes of steel per annum for niche products supplied by Arcelor Mittal (Spain) and Voestalpine (Austria). Steel requirements for other projects funded by the Department are procured by prime contractors and therefore figures are not available. A breakdown of directly sourced UK steel is shown below for the last 13 rail periods.
Railway period | Tonnes | Spend £m |
P1, 15/16 | 13,599 | 8.7 |
P2, 15/16 | 13,151 | 8.8 |
P3, 15/16 | 9,744 | 6.0 |
P4, 15/16 | 9,091 | 5.8 |
P5, 15/16 | 6,560 | 4.2 |
P6, 15/16 | 9,109 | 5.9 |
P7, 15/16 | 9,416 | 6.1 |
P8, 15/16 | 10,494 | 6.9 |
P9, 15/16 | 6,752 | 4.2 |
P10, 15/16 | 4,640 | 3.0 |
P11, 15/16 | 4,636 | 2.8 |
P12, 15/16 | 7,526 | 4.7 |
P13, 15/16 (Forecast) | 18,251 | 8.7 |
TOTAL LAST 12 MONTHS | 122,969 | 75.7 |
Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
24 March 2016
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