Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 44481

Offshore Industry: North Sea

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Chris Law

Scottish National PartyDundee Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department's target in the 2021 North Sea Transition Deal to support 40,000 direct and indirect supply chain jobs has been met.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Deal agreed in 2021 did not include a target to support 40,000 direct and indirect supply chain jobs. This figure was an estimate of the total number of jobs which could be supported, if several commitments in the Deal are met. Government and industry...

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