Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has increased fuel budgets for the (a) RAF, (b) Navy and (c) Army since 2019 due to trends in the level of the cost of fuel; and whether his Department has directed the armed forces to reduce fuel-consuming activities due to the cost of living since 2019.

The cost of fuel forms part of wider running costs for front line commands and there has been no specific increase in allocation for fuel. The Department has not provided any instruction to the Armed Forces to reduce fuel-consuming activities as a result of the increase in cost of living.