Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of projected imports of oil and gas over the next five years.

The Government closely monitors and forecasts UK’s supply and demand needs for both oil and natural gas. The Energy Security Plan Update, published in December 2023, includes an assessment of the role of imports in meeting our domestic gas demand until 2050. The department also publishes projections of the UK’s future demand for oil (under existing and near-final policy) and monitors both UK production and demand as part of the regular departmental output. These assessments will be updated in due course to reflect the new government's policy.