Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 88505

Spoil Heaps: Coal

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 12 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy during the Westminster Hall debate on Coal Tip Safety and Prohibition of New Coal Extraction Licences on 22 October

Answer

Michael Shanks

Coal tips are a devolved matter and it would be for the Welsh Government to produce any updated estimate of the cost of remediating coal tips in Wales. The Welsh Government has done a considerable amount of work mapping recorded coal tips and they believe...

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