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Cement

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 July 2026UIN 15473

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department holds data on the i.) amount of cement and proportion of the UK's domestic requirement for cement has been produced in the UK in each of the last 10 years ii.) amount of cement and proportion of the UK's domestic requirement for cement has been imported the UK in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Chris McDonald

The Department for Business and Trade does not hold information about either the amount of cement produced in the UK to meet domestic production requirements in the last 10 years, or the amount of cement imported to meet domestic production requirements in the last 10 years.

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