Question follow-through · 6746
Shipping: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure UK insurers and other maritime service providers verify compliance with the oil price cap for shipping contracts involving vessels potentially linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure UK insurers and other maritime service providers verify compliance with the oil price cap for shipping contracts involving vessels potentially linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) supports industry in complying with the Oil Price Cap. On 16 February 2024, OFSI issued updated industry guidance (UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Industry Guidance). OFSI also c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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