Powers over onshore oil and gas licensing are the latest to be handed to Holyrood since the independence referendum.

The Scotland Act of 2016 has already given Scottish ministers responsibility for areas such as income tax and welfare policy.

This means Holyrood ministers will now be able to legislate for the granting and regulation of licences to search and bore for petroleum, along with powers to legislate the licensing process.

Scottish secretary David Mundell said: "This is the latest in the transfer of significant new powers to the Scottish Parliament.

"We promised to make the Scottish Parliament one of the most powerful devolved administrations in the world, and we have delivered on that promise.

"People in Scotland now have a greater say than ever before over their own affairs, while retaining the security and safety of being part of a strong United Kingdom."