Question follow-through · 3206
Energy: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contingency plans he has implemented to ensure the safe passage of oil and other critical energy imports to the UK following disruption to shipping routes in the Middle East.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contingency plans he has implemented to ensure the safe passage of oil and other critical energy imports to the UK following disruption to shipping routes in the Middle East.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
As a member of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the UK holds emergency oil stocks of 90 days of net imports. The UK’s participation in the co-ordinated IEA release of 400 million barrels of oil stocks in response to the Middle-east conflict is a sen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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