Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) nationally in May 2023.

There were 120,099 members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme as of May 2023 of whom 2,576 live in the Barnsley Central constituency. The breakdown between those in receipt and those yet to receive their pension is not available at the constituency level.