Question follow-through · 18408
Offshore Industry: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of government policy on employment in Scotland's offshore oil and gas sector since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Offshore Industry: Aberdeen · 28 Aug 2026
- Offshore Industry · 28 Aug 2026
- Offshore Industry: North Sea · 28 Aug 2026
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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
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of government policy on employment in Scotland's offshore oil and gas sector since July 2024.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2026
Answer published
The North Sea is a mature basin, and production has been in natural decline for many years. Employment in oil and gas has therefore been declining over a prolonged period. Office for National Statistics data shows direct oil and gas employment fell by aro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Offshore Industry
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she met with representatives of the UK oil and gas sector during the summer recess.
Offshore Industry: North Sea
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her policy is on the future licensing of new oil and gas fields in the North Sea.