Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71812

Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to pension funds on reducing the proportion of their funds invested in the fossil fuel industry.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Pension funds have a duty to manage investments in the best long-term interests of their members, which includes decisions concerning investments in fossil fuels. Occupational pension schemes are required to make climate-related disclosures aligned with t...

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