Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the oil and gas decommissioning action plan, published by the Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise in December 2016.

BEIS and the Oil and Gas Authority are in regular contact with the Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise. The Department is supportive of the Scottish Government on the Oil and Gas Decommissioning Action Plan and, alongside activities related to the Oil and Gas Authority’s Decommissioning and Supply Chain Strategies, is working collectively to ensure the approach to decommissioning harnesses opportunities for the UK supply chain.