Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 15881

Chemicals and Oil: Pollution

Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many prosecutions and fines have been issued for oil and chemical spills into UK waters in each of the last five years.

Answer

Michael Shanks
In the last five years, the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has issued two civil penalties for oil pollution offences under the Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005:...

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