Question follow-through · 3089
Offshore Industry: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of jobs in the (a) oil and (b) gas sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland in each of the next 30 years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of jobs in the (a) oil and (b) gas sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland in each of the next 30 years.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Department does not hold these estimates. According to ONS data[1], direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2022 (from c.42k to c.28k). Of all current direct offshore oil and gas jobs, roughly 80% are in Scotland[...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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