Question follow-through · 120125
Oil: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure consumers are protected from oil price increases.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure consumers are protected from oil price increases.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government is engaging regularly with refiners, importers and distributors to ensure any emerging risks are identified and managed promptly. Households should be reassured the UK benefits from strong and diverse security of energy supplies, and there ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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