Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 94793
Offshore Industry: Licensing
Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in the next two years, how many new oil and gas licences his Department will examine and what proportion he estimates will be approved; and what assessment he has made of the impact of licens
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Government will legislate to meet its landmark manifesto commitment to end new licences to explore new oil and gas fields. To support existing fields and infrastructure, the Government will introduce new Transitional Energy Certificates for a managed,...
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