Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 96006

Offshore Industry: Employment

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 4 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Harriet Cross

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of the change in the number of jobs in the North Sea oil and gas sector from (a) operator and (b) supply chain companies in each year between 2026 and 2030.

Answer

Michael Shanks

Robert Gordon University estimates that by the early 2030s, the UK oil and gas workforce will be between 57,000 and 71,000, down from 115,000 in 2024. The natural decline of North Sea oil and gas has seen more than 70,000 jobs lost in the last decade. The...

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