§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if her Department monitors the market share of retail transport fuels of(a) major oil suppliers and (b) hypermarkets. [5307]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department collects and collates data from the individual companies that supply petroleum products into the UK market. This information is provided under strict commercial confidentiality constraints, and as such details for individual companies cannot be published. However, the Department publishes aggregated data giving total retail petrol and diesel sales data for the hypermarket sector. The latest information is in the June 2001 edition of "Energy Trends".
§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what studies are being carried out by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory on temperatures of road transport fuels delivered to retail filling stations by supply companies; and if she will make a statement. [5305]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonA study has been carried out by the National Engineering Laboratory for the National Weights and Measures Laboratory. This has been the subject of wide consultations, and discussions with interested parties are continuing.