Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 118965

Fuel Oil: Prices

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that retail companies have increased the price of domestic heating oil separate to and above increases

Answer

Martin McCluskey
The Government is aware that off-grid households have seen a sharp increase in heating oil prices due to volatility in international markets. Suppliers often have limited storage, buying daily on the spot market. These changes are then reflected immediate...

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