Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has received any applications to carry out fracking in (a) Ealing, Southall constituency, (b) Ealing local authority area and (c) Greater London.

A Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) is a pre-requisite before any oil and gas operations, including fracking, can take place. No PEDLs are in effect in these areas of London and there are no applications for such operations.