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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2020 to Question 101040, how many carbon dioxide storage licence applications have been received by the Oil and Gas Authority.

Pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2020 to Question 101040, the Oil and Gas Authority has received two applications for a carbon dioxide storage licence.

A complete, public register of carbon dioxide storage licences is held on the Oil and Gas Authority’s website (https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/licensing-consents/carbon-storage/). This register includes licences issued prior to the Oil and Gas Authority being formed and becoming a licensing authority for carbon dioxide storage.