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Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

Commons · Question 77786 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

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Asked by 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 and (b) other fossil fuel production.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 14 Oct 2025

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...