Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 12466

Offshore Industry: Licensing

Tabled: 4 November 2024

Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Andrew Bowie

Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pending (a) oil and (b) gas licence applications delayed due to the judgement in UKSC 2022/0064.

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Government does not expect the Finch judgement to delay licence applications because it relates to Environmental Impact Assessments associated with applications for development consent for offshore oil and gas projects that have already secured a lice...

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