Question follow-through · 50547
Offshore Industry: North Sea
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the North Sea Transition Authority maximises the economic recovery of oil and gas in the North Sea.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the North Sea Transition Authority maximises the economic recovery of oil and gas in the North Sea.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
The Department is responsible for the policy framework within which the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) operates. The OGA Strategy outlines how the NSTA’s principal objective will be met. The NSTA does so in several ways – for example, facilitating ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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