Diesel and Petrol: Reserves
(asked on 8th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds any government-owned strategic reserve of (a) petrol and (b) diesel for emergency use, separate from industry stockholding obligations.
Answered by
Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 15th July 2026
HMG does not hold a separate Government-owned strategic reserve of petrol or diesel. The UK meets its International Energy Agency obligations by requiring industry to hold emergency stocks, which can be made available in the event of a supply disruption.