Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 57035

Fracking: North Yorkshire

Tabled: 3 June 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Alison Hume

LabourScarborough and Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential environmental impact of Europa's proposed proppant squeeze project at the Burniston Mill site in North Yorkshire.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Department does not have a role in assessing the potential environmental impacts or carbon emissions of a proposed onshore oil and gas project. The relevant Mineral Planning Authority considers such impacts as part of providing planning permission and...

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