Notice
Notification of direction: increasing the hourly rate of a military fuel tank driver in an ESCALIN deployment to hauliers
Direction notifying participating fuel hauliers of an increase in the rate charged for the use of military drivers under Operation ESCALIN.
Documents
Details
Operation ESCALIN is a fuel supply contingency measure jointly managed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Ministry of Defence to make trained military drivers available to support fuel deliveries.
This is a routine increase to keep the cost in line with inflationary increases since 2021, and in line with agreements signed with industry.
This Direction under section 148(3)(b) of the Energy Act 2013 was made to increase the hourly price from £28.51 to £34.44. This will take effect on 20 January 2026.
Read the Written Ministerial Statement made on 20 January 2026.
Updates to this page
Published 21 January 2026