Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 48233

Fossil Fuels

Tabled: 25 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the total value of fossil fuels in the UK which have not yet been extracted.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The volumes, commercial recoverability and ultimate value of unextracted fossil fuels in the UK are all influenced by several factors and as such, a single figure of total value has not been calculated by the Department.