| Heading: |
Oil: Imports |
| Question ID: |
1817646 |
| UIN: |
63638 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4601 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Andrew Bowie
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Andrew Bowie
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the proportion of oil imports transported through the Strait of Hormuz in the most recent period for which data is available. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
Just under 12 per cent of UK oil imports originated in Kuwait (7.5 per cent), Saudi Arabia (2.5 per cent), and the United Arab Emirates (1.6 per cent) in January to April 2025 (Energy Trends, Table 3.14), similar to 2023 and 2024. The Strait of Hormuz is ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |