Spoil Heaps: Coal

(asked on 22nd January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what live environmental data are available regarding disused coal tips.


Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 5th February 2025

There are over 6,000 disused coal tips in Britain with 2,573 located in Wales. The majority of tips are in local authority or private ownership which includes legal responsibilities. The Welsh Government has published coal tips data and details of their work programme to address the tips issue including inspections/maintenance https://www.gov.wales/coal-tip-safety

There is no central tips record in England or Scotland as the geological makeup of tip locations in those areas, and previous reprofiling/restoration, has left a lower risk profile.

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