Question follow-through · 101613
Offshore Industry: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the threat to UK offshore energy assets from Russian military activities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the threat to UK offshore energy assets from Russian military activities.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
Russia poses a long-term, strategic threat to Euro-Atlantic security and the UK is taking measures to combat these threats with our Allies. The maritime domain is increasingly contested. Hostile states and non-state actors pose a growing threat to our cri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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