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British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme: Wales

Asked by David ChadwickLiberal DemocratDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 November 2024UIN 13947

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many former British Coal employees were recipients of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme in (a) Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency, (b) Neath and Swansea East constituency, (c) Aberafan Maesteg constituency, (d) Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency and (e) Wales on 12 November 2024.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The number of members of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme in the constituencies and in Wales is as follows:

(a) Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency - 151

(b) Neath and Swansea East constituency – 172

(c) Aberafan Maesteg constituency – 131

(d) Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare constituency - 376, and

(e) Wales – 4,048.

This information is from the scheme trustees and correct as at 30 October 2024. Some of these scheme members will not yet be in receipt of their pension, but we do not have a breakdown of that information at constituency level.

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