Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 118346

Fuel Oil: Prices

Tabled: 5 March 2026

Answered: 13 March 2026

Question

Dr Peter Prinsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases domestic heating oil prices following developments in the Middle East on households; what steps his Department is taking to mo

Answer

Martin McCluskey

The Government is closely monitoring heating oil, petrol and diesel prices in light of instability in the Middle East. International kerosene prices are >75% higher than they were before the conflict and this is putting pressure on heating oil prices. ...

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