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Offshore Structures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, If he will make a single Minister responsible for offshore infrastructure.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
1 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, If he will make a single Minister responsible for offshore infrastructure.

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to him on 28 January to question UIN (24981)

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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