Written questions

Red Diesel: Storage

Commons · Question 127562 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 21 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of days of supply of red diesel available based on storage levels and usage rates.

Answer

Answered by Martin McCluskey, 21 Apr 2026

Data on monthly red diesel stocks and demand are published in Energy Trends Tables 3.11 and 3.13, respectively: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oil-and-oil-products-section-3-energy-trends. The Department does not publish estimates of days consum...