Fuels: Shortages
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has a contingency plan for future fuel rationing schemes.
Answered by Martin McCluskey
The UK benefits from a diverse and resilient supply chain and remains well supplied across all fuel types with strong and varied sources of supply.
Government routinely reviews and exercises its preparedness arrangements for a range of scenarios, including through the published National Emergency Plan for Fuel (NEP-F). This is a long-standing, precautionary framework designed to ensure that, in the unlikely event of a severe and sustained disruption, fuel can be prioritised for those who need it most.
It is important to stress that these measures are precautionary. We are not currently at, nor approaching, the threshold for their use, and fuel continues to be available through normal supply routes.
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