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Natural Gas: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help increase storage levels of gas.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
20 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help increase storage levels of gas.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    National Gas has confirmed on 10 January that “the overall picture across Great Britain’s eight main gas storage sites remains healthy - with average levels at just over 60% across the board." We have diverse sources of gas supply, including from the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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