Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (HC37979), whether the decision to plug and abandon Preston New Road shale gas well was a matter for (1) the company, (2) the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, or (3) the North Sea Transition Authority.

As stated in the previous answer, decisions on whether to abandon wells are ultimately a matter for the company.