Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the the suspension of oil from the North Sea as a result of the closure of The Forties pipeline on the supply of oil and fuel in the UK.

There is no security of supply issue for oil and fuel supplies as a result of the repairs needed to the Forties pipeline. We have received reassurances from Petroineos Grangemouth refinery, which receives some crude oil direct from the pipeline, that they will be able to continue to provide fuel due to the availability of oil from other sources.