Question follow-through · 121549

Fuel Oil: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology was used to determine the distribution of funding of the Heating Oil Support Scheme between the four nations.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology was used to determine the distribution of funding of the Heating Oil Support Scheme between the four nations.

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The government has acted quickly to provide timely, targeted support to low-income households struggling with the rising price of heating oils, based on the latest census data. This means the funding is distributed in line where the most vulnerable oil-he...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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