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1666670

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Easington Constituency and (b) nationally in October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	203813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2023 10:12:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1666671

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners' widows were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Easington constituency and (b) nationally in October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	203814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2023 10:12:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1659366

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) nationally in August 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Keir Mather
	uin	198552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2023, there were 1,110 Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme members in Selby and Ainsty constituency and as of 31 July 2023, 119,162 members nationally. These are the most recent available figures.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/09/2023 12:44:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1646014

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88950 on Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, what estimate he has made of when the 2023 valuation of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and the calculation of that scheme’s surplus will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	190343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Based on previous valuations of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, the Government anticipates the 2023 valuation process, including the calculation of any surplus, to be concluded during the summer of 2024.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/06/2023 08:43:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1646015

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) nationally in May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	190344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>There were 120,099 members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme as of May 2023 of whom 2,576 live in the Barnsley Central constituency. The breakdown between those in receipt and those yet to receive their pension is not available at the constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/06/2023 08:37:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1642600

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Department officials meet the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) Trustees regularly to monitor the performance of the MPS. The Scheme works well for all parties. A triennial valuation will begin towards the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/06/2023 12:58:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1642601

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will review the surplus sharing arrangements for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government considers the current arrangements to be working well for all parties. No review of arrangements is planned, but the Government has made clear to the MPS Trustees that it would consider any proposals for change that do not add risk to taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/06/2023 12:56:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

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