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Written question asked by Lord Browne of Belmont (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 20 October 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2014. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Thursday, 30 October 2014 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Fracking

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many objections to fracking they have received in 2014.

Answer

The data is not collected in the format requested. We recognise that members of the public have concerns about the potential impact of development of shale gas and oil in the UK. The Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO) addresses these concerns with our publicly-available information on the Gov.uk site:

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2175
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Fracking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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