Question follow-through · 51010
Hydrogen and Natural Gas: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time taken is for the North Sea Transition Authority to grant gas and hydrogen storage licences.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time taken is for the North Sea Transition Authority to grant gas and hydrogen storage licences.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
The NSTA assesses each application on its own merits, and as a result, the time taken to reach a decision would be dependent on a project’s unique individual characteristics and complexity.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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