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
Labour — Poole
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 ShanksIn 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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