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Offshore Industry: North Sea |
| Question ID: |
1808755 |
| UIN: |
57049 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5311 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Harriet Cross
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Harriet Cross
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the (a) onshore and (b) offshore workforce in the North Sea oil and gas sector in (i) July 2024 and (ii) March 2025. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Department does not hold its own estimates for the offshore or onshore North Sea oil and gas sector workforce. According to ONS data[1], direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2023, despite ongoing domestic licen... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |