To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of likely future trends in the pump prices of (a) unleaded petrol and (b) diesel. (280157)

I have been asked to reply.

DECC does not forecast the pump prices of unleaded petrol or diesel. However, we do publish long-term oil price projections. Further details are available through the following links:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/environment/projections/recent/page26391.html

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file51365.pdf

Assumptions about a weighted average of road fuel prices, based DECC’s oil price projections, are also used in our Updated Energy Projections. These assumptions are available through the following links:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/environment/projections/index.html

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48514.pdf