As ministers consider how to compensate people living near shale gas sites, a DrillOrDrop analysis of the UK’s only fracking community benefit fund raises questions about its value.
Most households who got direct payments from the scheme for Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site received only £150, out of a total fund of nearly £0.25million.
None of the projects awarded grants from the fund could give details of how many people had benefitted.
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