Question follow-through · 13440
Consumers: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury will monitor the evidence after the Strait of Hormuz reopens to ensure that consumers are not continuing to pay higher prices.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 5 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
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury will monitor the evidence after the Strait of Hormuz reopens to ensure that consumers are not continuing to pay higher prices.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
HM Treasury has a comprehensive framework for the monitoring, assessment, and management of current and potential risks to the economy, including those posed by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The framework involves systematic monitoring of the evide...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Stamp Duty Land Tax
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Gyms: VAT
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