Annex A: steel strategy consultation
Published 19 March 2026
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Introduction
In February 2025, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade launched the plan for steel consultation. This invited contributions from investors, businesses, wider experts, workers and the public to inform the development of the steel strategy.
Their responses have helped:
- advise on what goals should be prioritised
- identify where support should be targeted
- implement the necessary changes
The consultation was structured around the key opportunities and challenges which could have the greatest impacts for our steel industry, such as:
- funding and financing
- future demand and public procurement
- site availability
- scrap
- trade
- global overcapacity
- electricity prices
- green steel
- research, development and innovation (RD&I)
- skills
Consultation responses
The consultation closed on 31 March 2025 with responses from almost 100 organisations and individuals, 57% of which were businesses and business associations. Other respondents included:
- members of the public
- academics
- trade unions
- think tanks
- MPs
- councils
- government organisations
Of the responses from business and business association, the most prevalent respondents were from the sectors:
- steel producers, steel processors and metal fabricators (33%)
- metal recycling (17%)
- energy and decarbonisation (14%)
The feedback from the consultation has been included within each of the policy chapters. The percentages and proportions of respondents provided are based on the number of respondents for each individual question, so exclude non-respondents.