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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) mechanisms and (b) monitoring systems are in place to ensure that fuel pumps at filling stations deliver the correct amount of fuel so that motorists are not defrauded whether accidently or deliberately.

Fuel pumps are required by law to be of an approved design based on national and international standards including requirements for accuracy. Each pump must be tested and verified before use. Local authority trading standards monitor the market place and can require any pump found to be inaccurate or not meeting the requirements to be taken out of use.