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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

1387700

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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 miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	93012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>As of November 2021, there are 127,876 Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme members, of whom 118,154 are in receipt of their pension.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/01/2022 17:01:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1387701

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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 miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) May 2020, (b) November 2020 and (c) May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	93013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>In May 2020, there were 136,886 Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme members of whom 125,355 were in receipt of pension. Equivalent numbers in November 2020 were 134,391 and 123,516 and in May 2021, 131,534 and 121,262.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/01/2022 17:00:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356336

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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 recent assessment has he made of the efficacy of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme for its members.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	50748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme was considered by the BEIS Select Committee earlier this year. In the Government’s response, we highlighted that the Government continues to believe that the arrangements agreed in 1994 work well and are fair and beneficial to both Scheme members and taxpayers. That response is available to view <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1114/mineworkers-pension-scheme/publications/reports-responses/" target="_blank">here</a>. The Rt. Hon. Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the then Minister responsible, met the Scheme Trustees in June to discuss the Committee’s report and the future of the Scheme. We await their thoughts.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 12:54:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 22816 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1356337

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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 recent discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) officials in the Department for Work and Pensions and (b) the Welsh Government on the distribution of the Investment Reserve arising from the Miners’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	50749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 12:55:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 22817 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1342887

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of the meeting on 21 June 2021 between the mineworkers' pension scheme trustees and the Minister of State.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	25892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>My meeting with Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees on 21 June was helpful in enabling me to understand their views of the future of the Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>I responded to the Select Committee’s report on 28 June and the Committee has now published that <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1114/mineworkers-pension-scheme/publications/reports-responses/" target="_blank">response</a>.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 06/07/2021 13:43:20 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1341777

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials of his Department have had with the representatives of the Scottish Government on the distribution of the Investment Reserve arising from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	24271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Responsibility for policy and engagement relating to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme rests with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and therefore there have been no meetings by HM Treasury officials on this matter.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/07/2021 13:24:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1334110

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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 plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Report of Session 2019-21 of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, published on 29 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	15167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>I am grateful for the Committee’s report, and I am considering their recommendations. I am due to the meet the Scheme Trustees on 21 June, and I am keen to hear their views before responding to the Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 17/06/2021 16:04:44 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1315791

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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 take steps to review the existing surplus sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	2975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The BEIS Select Committee recently undertook an enquiry into the Mineworkers’ Penson Scheme and published its findings on 29 April. I am due to meet the Scheme Trustees next month to discuss the Committee’s report and I am keen to hear their views before responding to the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 24/05/2021 13:21:22 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1315792

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations made by the the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee in its report on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme published on the 29 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	2976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>I am due to meet the Scheme Trustees next month to discuss the Committee’s report. I am keen to get their views and will respond formally to the Committee following that discussion.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 24/05/2021 13:20:15 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott