Question follow-through · 106175

Overseas Trade: Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on global oil trade.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 15 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 19 Jan 2026
Answer: 5 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on global oil trade.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
Closure of the Strait of Hormuz would significantly disrupt global oil supplies, resulting in higher global prices. In the event of any global supply disruption, the UK holds emergency oil stocks that can be released to the market as part of a collective ...

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