Natural Gas: Prices

About this written question

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Answering body

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Tabled

1 Jun 2026

Target answer date

3 Jun 2026

Answer

9 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

1. 1 Jun 2026

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in gas prices on people living in properties supplied through communal heat networks.

2. 3 Jun 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 9 Jun 2026

   Answer published

   Heat network operators buy the energy they need to provide heat to domestic consumers through commercial contracts. The Department and Ofgem are actively monitoring the contract prices paid by heat network operators since the Middle Eastern crisis started...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.