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British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 28 January 2025.

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Photo of Kanishka Narayan Kanishka Narayan Labour, Vale of Glamorgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will release £2.3 billion in reserves from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme to former scheme members; and what his planned timeline is for reducing the financial disparity between that scheme and the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.

Photo of Michael Shanks Michael Shanks Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government is receptive to representations regarding the BCSSS. I recently met with the Trustees of the Scheme to discuss their proposals, and will be discussing the matter with the Treasury in due course.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 28 January 2025, cW)

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