Question follow-through · 37978
Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of liquefied natural gas imported from the United States derived from shale gas in each of the last three yea
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 13 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of liquefied natural gas imported from the United States derived from shale gas in each of the last three yea
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Data on gas import origins (including imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the US) is published each month in Energy Trends table 4.4. Further disaggregation of US LNG by method of extraction is not collected or available. The UK has no active comm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Natural Gas: Imports
19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37979 on Natural Gas: Imports, what the minimum safety criteria are with which a shale gas company must comply when plugging an unused well
Solar Power and Wind Power: Security
16 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to investigate the security of UK (a) solar and (b) wind farms to ensure that there are no kill switches in Chinese-made inverter units installed in their structur
Warm Homes Plan
8 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with specialist bodies on the Warm Homes Plan; and when he plans to (a) publish and (b) implement the Plan.
Iron and Steel: China
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the awarding of Government contracts to China for ready-fabricated steel; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those contracts on the Government's envi
Fuel Oil: Rural Areas
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support small rural communities dependent on oil supplies whose commercial suppliers have said than none will be available for a period of weeks.
Electric Vehicles: Tyres
25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has for tyre manufacture for electric vehicles when butyl is no longer available from fossil fuel sources.
Electric Vehicles: Tyres
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13075 on Electric Vehicles: Tyres, if he will make an assessment of the availability of butyl for tyres for electric vehicles other than fro
Electric Vehicles: Tyres
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13075 on Electric Vehicles: Tyres, if he will make an assessment of the availability of butyl for tyres for electric vehicles other than fro