Fracking: Housing
Commons · Question 92604 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what analysis his department has undertaken about the potential effects of fracking on house prices and home insurance costs across the North of England and the United Kingdom.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 28 Nov 2025
There has been no hydraulic fracturing for shale gas extraction (“fracking”) since the effective moratorium was put in place in England in 2019. Similar restrictions are in place across other parts of the UK. Prior to the moratorium, only three wells have...