Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77787

Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

Tabled: 16 September 2025

Answered: 14 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in (a) thermal coal-fired and (b) other fossil fuel-fired power generation capacity.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Department has not produced specific estimates on the proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in fossil fuel-related activities, such as coal-fired power generation or fossil fuel production. As part of the 2024 Mansion House reform package, t...

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