Written questions

Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Finance

Commons · Question 121512 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 23 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including household Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) data in the methodology used to allocate support funding to each UK nation for heating oil and LPG-heated prop

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 23 Mar 2026

The government has acted quickly to provide timely, targeted support to those households struggling with the rising price of heating oil. In England, Crisis Payments can be provided by local authorities to support the purchase of any form of fuel that is ...