Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the potential supply of Russian crude oil via third parties into the UK.

The UK, alongside our international allies, has imposed sanctions on Russia to limit its ability to wage war. Sanctions have curtailed total Russian goods imports to the UK by 94%.

The Government continues to monitor the effectiveness of all sanctions, including on crude oil, leading the international effort to counter circumvention alongside our partners. The Government is committed to ensuring that third countries are not used by Russia to evade sanctions.

It is a criminal offence to contravene, or to enable or facilitate contravention of, UK sanctions on Russia including those on Russian oil and oil products. Oil and oil products may be subject to forfeiture if the importer cannot prove they do not originate from Russia.