Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many applications under the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme there have been for an adult dependent pension under Rule 29 (1) (bb) where the dependant was financially partly-dependent on the BCSSS scheme member; and how many of those applications have been granted since the Scheme's inception in 1994.

Fourteen applications for an Adult Dependent Pension under Rule 29(1)(bb) have been considered by either the Trustees or the Scheme Secretary of which ten were awarded and four were rejected.