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596188

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will reform the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to ensure that the surplus is used to benefit former mineworkers.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	46740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department cannot unilaterally amend the terms of the scheme, though we would be willing to consider proposals put forward by the Scheme Trustees. Scheme members have already benefitted from surpluses through increases in benefits.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 16:26:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

598341

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will assess the balance of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme surplus-sharing arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	47614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The existing surplus-sharing arrangements have worked well to date. The presence of the Guarantee has given the Trustees, who are responsible for managing the Scheme and are independent of Government, the freedom to invest in a way that has generated surpluses and, as a consequence, bonuses to members.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 10:06:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

601170

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	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 (a) former miners and (b) widows of former miners are in receipt of the mineworker's pension in (i) the UK, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) Ashfield constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	48674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The scheme is not administered by the Government, but by the Scheme Trustees. The Department does not, therefore, hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2016 10:07:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 15089 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

601171

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral Answer of 13 September 2016, Official Report, column 764, when he plans to meet the hon. Member for Ashfield to discuss the mineworker's pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	48676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The hon. Member has been offered a meeting with my rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State. We hope she is able to attend.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2016 10:07:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 15090 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

601172

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	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 much the Government has received from the mineworker's pension scheme since 1994.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	48677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Primarily as a result of strong investment returns, the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme has generated surpluses which have been shared equally between Government and the scheme members as bonuses, in accordance with the agreement reached in 1994. In its role as Guarantor, the Government has received £3,356.3m by this means since 1994.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2016 10:51:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 15091 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

626134

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2016 to Question 48677, how much the Government has received from the Mineworkers' Pensions Scheme since 1994 net of payments from the Government arising from its guarantee.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	51065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>In its role as Guarantor, the Government has received £3,356.3m from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme since 1994. No payments have been made into the scheme by the Government. The existing surplus-sharing arrangements have worked well to date, with the presence of the Guarantee enabling the Trustees to invest in a way that has generated surpluses and, as a consequence, bonuses to members.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 16:32:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

626136

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	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 the Government has made direct payments to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme under the guarantee arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	51063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>No payments have been made into the scheme by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 16:36:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

661831

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will assess the balance of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme surplus-sharing arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	58345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The presence of the guarantee has enabled the scheme trustees to invest so as to target surpluses; this has resulted in a 30% increase in payments to members. For this reason, we believe the existing arrangements work well and are fair to all parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:50:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

684098

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2017
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of how much the Government will receive from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	63016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government, in its role as Guarantor, is due to receive £51m from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in each of the above years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2017 16:01:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

731347

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will enter into negotiations with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees to discuss the current surplus sharing arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The existing surplus-sharing arrangements have worked well to date for the Scheme’s members. The presence of the Government guarantee has enabled the Scheme Trustees to invest so as to target surpluses, which has resulted in a 30% increase in payments to members. The Department cannot unilaterally amend the terms of the scheme, though we would be willing to consider any proposals put forward by the Scheme Trustees.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 14:16:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris