Written questions

Air Ambulance Services: Fuels

Commons · Question 1530 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a shortage of aviation fuel on the operations of air ambulance charities.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 22 May 2026

We engage routinely with air ambulance charities on contingency planning. As part of this, we have engaged with air ambulance charities on fuel resilience.The United Kingdom remains well stocked for all fuel types and the Government is working with fuel s...