Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 85127

Coal

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the United Kingdom’s (a) identified and (b) recoverable coal resource in millions of tonnes.

Answer

Michael Shanks

As of June 2025, the Coal Authority (now the Mining Remediation Authority) estimates that there were 68 million tonnes of economically recoverable coal resources in the United Kingdom. Source: DUKES_2025_Chapter_2.pdf