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

To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries they are in discussions with to make up the supply deficit of (1) oil, and (2) gas, arising from the current geopolitical situation.

My Rt. Hon. Friends the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs engage regularly with a range of European and international counterparts on energy security. As a member of the International Energy Agency and International Energy Forum the Government has regular discussions with partners about ensuring security of supply.

We remain confident that the UK’s energy security will be maintained. The UK is a significant producer of both crude oil and petroleum products, and hold oil stocks in the unlikely event of a major oil supply disruption. The UK has highly diverse sources of gas supply. We meet around half of our annual gas supply through domestic production and the vast majority of imports come from reliable suppliers such as Norway.