Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created and lost as a result of Net Zero policies since 2020.

The most recent official statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that there were up to 453,900 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK’s low carbon and renewable energy economy and its wider supply chain in 2024.  This represents an increase of 39% compared with 325,700 jobs in 2020.

The UK Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan sets out that the clean energy workforce could grow to around 860,000 jobs by 2030, an increase of over 400,000 compared to 2023.

Independent analysis by Robert Gordon University indicates that, under a pathway consistent with delivering clean power, job creation in clean energy sectors is expected to exceed projected job reductions in oil and gas, with renewables supporting more jobs overall over time.