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UK Government Civil Servant Jobs in Aberdeen

  • Submitted by: Kevin Stewart, Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-12883

That the Parliament condemns the UK Government for its reported decision to reduce its commitment to locate 200 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero civil service posts to Aberdeen to 35 jobs; believes that the UK Government’s backtracking amounts to a betrayal of Aberdeen; understands that "Europe’s Energy Capital" has been promised numerous civil service job transfers previously, but believes that far too few have come to fruition; recognises what it sees as the efforts of Aberdonians and north east folk, whose knowledge, innovation and hard graft, it believes, have made the North Sea Basin the success that it has been when it comes to oil and gas exploration and extraction and wealth creation, and considers that successive UK administrations have failed to invest in Aberdeen, which, it believes, is especially disappointing given that the UK Treasury has received over £300 billion in oil and gas revenue.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Stephanie Callaghan, Jackie Dunbar, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Clare Haughey, Fulton MacGregor, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, David Torrance, Elena Whitham