United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 96006
Offshore Industry: Employment
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1 December 2025
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4 December 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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1 December 2025
Written question
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.
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4 December 2025
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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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-01/96006
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1858722
- uk · wq-1858722 · source updated 4 December 2025