Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what comparative analysis they have conducted of the UK's gas storage capacity as a proportion of annual demand relative to that of EU member states.

In 2024, UK storage equated to approximately 5% of annual gas demand. This compares to a 2024 EU average of 29%.

The UK has access to diverse sources of gas supply, including gas from the UK Continental Shelf, pipeline imports from Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, and the second largest LNG import capacity in Europe. This limits our reliance on one source of supply, and means that the UK does not rely on natural gas storage in the same way that many European countries do.