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Commons · Question 85127 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 4 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the United Kingdom’s (a) identified and (b) recoverable coal resource in millions of tonnes.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 4 Nov 2025

As of June 2025, the Coal Authority (now the Mining Remediation Authority) estimates that there were 68 million tonnes of economically recoverable coal resources in the United Kingdom. Source: DUKES_2025_Chapter_2.pdf