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Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

Commons · Question 109854 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Feb 2026

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Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with The Pensions Regulator on what estimate it has made of how many and what proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in (a) thermal coal-fired and (b) any other foss

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Answered by Torsten Bell, 9 Feb 2026

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has not produced such estimates. As part of its supervision and to assist in understanding the link between performance and asset allocation, TPR now gets access to investment data from workplace pension schemes - including in...