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Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of the North Sea oil and gas sector on employment and economic growth; and what steps he is taking to safeguard jobs in the offshore energy sector.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 27 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 3 Dec 2025
Answer: 3 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of the North Sea oil and gas sector on employment and economic growth; and what steps he is taking to safeguard jobs in the offshore energy sector.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
Our oil and gas sector significantly contributes towards our economy, and directly employs tens of thousands of highly skilled workers right across the UK. However, the natural decline of oil and gas in the North Sea has seen more than 70,000 jobs lost in...

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