Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 107272

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to remove the mechanism in the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme that freezes bonus pension increase.

Answer

Chris McDonald
I am meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees next month to discuss future surplus sharing arrangements. No decisions have been made yet.