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1542911

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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 make an estimate of the average amount by which the annual pension received by remaining members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme would change if the surplus sharing arrangements were revised to create a (a) 70-30, (b) 90-10 and (c) 100-zero per cent split between the scheme and the Government.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Any surplus will depend on the returns on the Scheme’s investments - this will be assessed at the valuation in 2023. The Government has no current plans to change the surplus sharing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:28:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542912

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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 make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the surplus sharing arrangements for the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme on the Government’s levelling-up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Scheme’s surplus-sharing arrangements mean that scheme members receive approximately 33% higher payments than they would otherwise have done. There are currently no plans for a review of the surplus-sharing arrangements. In addition, the Government guarantee ensures that pensions increase in line with RPI.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:25:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542913

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the existing surplus sharing agreement with the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme with a new arrangement in which the Government would only receive a share of surpluses if it is required in future to contribute to the value of the scheme under the existing guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government stated in its response to the BEIS Select Committee Report, published on 29 April 2021, which made this recommendation that it would not agree to such a change as it believes the current arrangements to be fair to Scheme members and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:27:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542914

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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 make an estimate of the number of surviving members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme who have (a) injuries and (b) industrial diseases caused by working in the mining industry which affect their quality of life as of 16 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:29:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1504003

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, with reference to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21, Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, published on 29 April 2021, HC 1346, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the size of the mineworkers' pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	45895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Mineworkers' Pension scheme is funded through investments. The Government guarantees that pensions will be paid in the event that returns on those investments are insufficient to meet members’ benefit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:46:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1469614

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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 30 May 2022 to Question 5668 on Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the Mineworkers’ pension scheme receive their fair entitlement of moneys from that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	17032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/06/2022 14:52:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1464697

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
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 17 May 2022 to Question 344, on Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, if he will publish the timeframe for mineworkers receiving full entitlement to their pensions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	5668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>Members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme are already receiving their full entitlement plus bonus pensions.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 30/05/2022 11:49:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1461216

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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, with reference to the Government's Response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21, Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, published on 29 June 2021, HC 386, What his timescale is for ensuring that Mineworker’s pensions are paid and scheme members receive their full entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government guarantee ensures that all members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme receive their full entitlement.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/05/2022 08:27:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1403460

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
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 conduct a review into the operation of the coal miners' pension scheme and the transfer of surpluses from the pension fund to HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	105346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The BEIS Select Committee carried out an inquiry into the Mineworkers Pension Scheme last year. The Government was unable to accept the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee’s report and continues to believe that the existing arrangements work well for all parties. Following the publication of the report, the former Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, met the MPS Trustees on 21 June to discuss the report and options for the way forward. She asked the Trustees to consider whether they would be willing to include the Government Guarantee in any future discussions around surplus sharing and the Investment Reserve. The Government awaits their response.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/01/2022 17:20:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1401686

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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 make a further assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee's report on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, published on 27 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	904936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Select Committee inquiry into the Scheme we highlighted we continue to believe the arrangements agreed in 1994 with the Scheme Trustees still work well and are fair and beneficial to both Scheme members and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/01/2022 13:19:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith