PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(26 February 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Government (a) subsidies and (b) support to fossil fuel companies in the last 12 months.
Asked by:
Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party)
Asked by:
Dr Ellie Chowns (Green Party)
Answer
The UK does not give any subsidies to fossil fuel companies and follows the International Energy Agency’s definition of a fossil fuel subsidy.
Where data is available, estimates of the cost of tax reliefs available to oil and gas companies are published on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics.
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