Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 6666

Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Price Caps

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Government’s assessment is that the introduction of a price cap for heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas would not be in the long-term interests of consumers.The structures of the heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas markets are different from t...
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