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Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 85127

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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.

Answered by Michael Shanks

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

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