To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the United Kingdom's submission to the United Nations Commission on the limits of the continental shelf with regard to Ascension Island.

In response to the United Kingdom's submission to the United Nations Commission on the limits of the continental shelf with regard to Ascension Island, it was recommended, in 2010, that the UK was not entitled to establish the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. As a consequence, the UK is currently not permitted to extend its continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical mile limit contained in the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea (UNCLOS). We will keep the issue under review.