Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 91022

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

Tabled: 13 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Nadia Whittome

LabourNottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to return all future surplus investment returns in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to beneficiaries.

Answer

Chris McDonald

The Government and the Trustees have discussed the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees’ proposals for the future of the Scheme. DESNZ will now work with the Treasury to seek to reach an agreement that can be implemented at the next Scheme valuation in September 2026.