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date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many earthquakes have been recorded at the Preston New Road site since Cuadrilla started fracking at that location.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) is recording seismicity in the Fylde and as of 15 November it has reported 36 minor seismic events since operations began, all but four of these were below the 0.5 magnitude threshold which requires Cuadrilla to pause operations for a minimum of 18 hours.</p><p> </p><p>The BGS has a greater quantity of specialist equipment in the Fylde than anywhere else in the UK which is why a high proportion of minor seismic events are being published on their site which are not reported elsewhere in the country.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:16:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1007005

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Cuadrilla has complied with the 18 hour waiting time after every recorded earthquake on the Preston New Road site.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority have confirmed that Cuadrilla have paused hydraulic fracturing operations for a minimum of 18 hours following a seismic event of 0.5 magnitude or above, as is required in the strict controls in the Hydraulic Fracture Plan.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:17:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh