Oral Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
“What assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Mineworkers Pension Scheme on the living standards of the recipients of that pension.”
Tabled: 12 March 2025Answered: 18 March 2025
Asked by
Elaine Stewart
Labour — Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Industry (Sarah Jones)
This Labour Government have ended the historic injustice of the mineworkers’ pension scheme. At the end of November last year, the first uprated payments for the pension scheme landed for over 100,000 miners and their families. That is an average increase of 32% on their monthly payments, or an average additional £28 a week.