Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees on the decision to make hardship payments discretionary rather than mandatory.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
There is no provision for hardship payments within the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
Mentions:
1: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) ’ pension scheme or the British Coal staff superannuation scheme. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Marie Goldman (LD - Chelmsford) For example, the warm home discount scheme will not benefit households until 2025, and financial energy - Speech Link
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We have also seen the biggest ever increase in the number of people applying for pension credit, so we - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) ’ pension scheme and all the benefits that it has brought to constituents such as hers. - Speech Link
Apr. 14 2025
Source Page: Annual report of the Certification Officer, 2000 to 2001Found: (P) National Union of Mineworkers (Cokemens Area) *National Union of Mineworkers (Colliery Officials
Mentions:
1: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) meet this winter, not least hundreds of thousands of pensioners who are in poverty but above the pension - Speech Link
2: Ian Lavery (Lab - Blyth and Ashington) Within weeks of the general election, this Labour Government delivered for the mineworkers and the mineworkers - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) The decision on the mineworkers’ pension scheme reversed a historic injustice, and I am so pleased that - Speech Link
4: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) Will the Prime Minister commit to using his offices to finally get this scheme built and to fix the foundations - Speech Link
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much remuneration the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme receive for their roles on the committee.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
In 2023, the remuneration was £91,500 per year for the Chair, £41,350-£72,650 per year for the Committee Chairs and £24,150 per year for other members of the Committee.
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 25469, how many of the (a) former miners and (b) widows of former miners receiving a Mineworkers' Pension Scheme pension are aged (i) over 90, (ii) 80 to 89, (iii) 70 to 79, (iv) 60 to 69, and (v) below 60 years of age.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The breakdown by age of former miners in receipt of pensions and dependents at 30 September 2023 is as follows:
Age | Former Miners in receipt of a pension | Dependents | |
| 6259 |
| |
60-69 | 37513 | 3500 | |
70-79 | 27157 | 6239 | |
80-89 | 14133 | 8982 | |
90+ | 2959 | 3876 |
Mentions:
1: Gregor Poynton (Lab - Livingston) for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to reduce the fees charged by the spirit drinks verification scheme - Speech Link
2: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) scheme, giving more moneys to miners in constituencies like mine, with money that will now boost the - Speech Link
3: Kirsty McNeill (LAB - Midlothian) in Scotland will get an extra £1,500 on average in their pension. - Speech Link
4: Gregor Poynton (Lab - Livingston) Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) is an expert on the mineworkers’ pension - Speech Link
Dec. 19 2024
Source Page: Cabinet meeting: 4 November 2024Found: ’ Pension Scheme to its trustees.
Mentions:
1: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) Instead, she unexpectedly faced a delay, losing six years of pension. - Speech Link
2: Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) of compensation starting with those on pension credit. - Speech Link
3: Alex Brewer (LD - North East Hampshire) If a private pension provider failed to inform someone about when they could start to receive their pension - Speech Link
4: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) ’ pension scheme, and for LGBTQ+ veterans. - Speech Link
5: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) age was changing, if not of their specific state pension age. - Speech Link