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1714510

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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 estimate she has made of the average weekly pension payment to widows of miners who are recipients of the mineworkers pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The average pension to widows of former members is currently £77 per week.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:09:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714511

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees on the decision to make hardship payments discretionary rather than mandatory.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>There is no provision for hardship payments within the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:08:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1714512

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the Rules Amendment Committee for the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	24017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Rules Amendment Committee was disbanded on privatisation and there is no need for it with the current valuation process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/05/2024 06:07:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1700398

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 people are recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b) the rest of the UK as of 16 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	21285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As at June 2023, there were 1,778 Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) members living in the Rother Valley constituency. As at 29 February 2024, there were 116,143 MPS members. These are the latest available figures.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/04/2024 14:03:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1700399

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 discussions she has had with the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees on the surplus sharing arrangements of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	21286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and Trustees last discussed the surplus sharing arrangements in 2021. The Government has been consistent that it would consider any proposals that the Trustees bring forward.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/04/2024 08:33:10 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1700400

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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 she will review the (a) surplus sharing and (b) other arrangements of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	21287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been consistent in its willingness to consider any proposals that the Trustees bring forward. Ministers have previously been willing to discuss proposals including those which would alter the surplus sharing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 22/04/2024 16:55:41 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1697844

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing the surplus-sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	19812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government considers the current arrangements to be working well for all parties. We will consider any suggested changes to the arrangements in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/03/2024 11:25:50 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1675172

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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 she will make an estimate of how much the Exchequer has received from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme under the surplus sharing arrangements adjusted for inflation since the establishment of those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	4998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>A surplus sharing arrangement was negotiated between the Government and the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees in 1994. The Government has received £4.8bn as its share of surplus over the past 29 years. An inflation-adjusted figure is not available.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/12/2023 16:30:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1674176

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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, with reference to the Sixth Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of Session 2019-21 on Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, HC 1346, published on 29 April 2021, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on the terms and conditions of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	4506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government responded to the Committee’s report in June 2021 explaining that it was unable to agree to the Committee’s recommendations. That response is available to read <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fcm5802%2Fcmselect%2Fcmbeis%2F386%2F38602.htm&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C83f481d88b9847bba83108dbf4ceea4a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638372941750074621%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=um1TNHXfsqCUFW9hHlZZZCktE%2BRi5XRni8ZaGhbKl20%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 04/12/2023 13:47:29 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1672431

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
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) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) nationally in November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	3393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 September 2023 to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-09-08%2F198552&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C9fc0f8c65b1244adfcd508dbf1c3f6cd%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638369596185451293%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=S6lJweH%2BliHbp%2Fr97CMVerluuuOTfoGBZdjV%2Bx6wDPU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">198552</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/11/2023 16:59:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather