Question follow-through · 44677
Offshore Industry: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role the Treasury holds in approving new oil and gas fields.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 7 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what role the Treasury holds in approving new oil and gas fields.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Oil & Gas Authority (operating as the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)) are the licensing authority for offshore oil & gas. The NSTA are also responsible for granting consents and authorisations for subsequent activities (including develo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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