Question follow-through · 51592
Renewable Energy: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to support the re-training of oil and gas workers to help them transition to renewable energy.
14 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
By 2030, the clean energy transition could create hundreds of thousands of good new jobs across the UK, with evidence demonstrates that there is a high degree of transferability of skills between oil and gas and renewables roles. The Government recently l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Power Failures
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Heat Pumps: Newton Abbot
14 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the number of homes with heat pumps in Newton Abbot constituency.
Offshore Industry: Finance
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Energy: Standing Charges
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Insulation: Housing
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29262 on Insulation: Housing, if he will launch an investigation into homes that had spray foam installed under the Green Grant Scheme.
Insulation: Housing
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29262 on Insulation: Housing, if he will publish data on the number of homes using the warm homes grant to date.
Insulation: Housing
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29262 on Insulation: Housing, if he will offer support for homes with faulty spray foam installed.
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Power Failures
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