Written Question·Treasury·UIN 67418

Offshore Industry: Taxation

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Andrew Bowie

ConservativeWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of taxation of the oil and gas sector on levels of future development in the North Sea.

Answer

James Murray
The Government is taking a responsible and proportionate approach to managing the taxation of the North Sea which recognises the ongoing role of the oil and gas industry and workforce in our current energy mix while ensuring the sector contributes more to...

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