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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 20432, tabled on 25 March 2024

Question

Kenny MacAskill
Alba Party
East Lothian
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what checks her Department carries out on oil imported from foreign (a) refineries and (b) states to ensure that it is not from Russia.

Answer

Andrew Bowie
Conservative
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Commons

Answered on

15 April 2024

The import, acquisition, supply and delivery of Russian oil and oil products into the UK has been banned since 5 December 2022 and His Majesty’s Government continues to support the sanctions on the Russian regime following their invasion of Ukraine.

All importers of oil and oil products into the UK must provide proof of origin to enforcement authorities to demonstrate that goods are not of Russian origin.

The Department collects data on Country of origin as well as Country of last despatch to ensure oil from Russia is not being diverted through other countries.

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