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Spoil Heaps: Coal

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy during the Westminster Hall debate on Coal Tip Safety and Prohibition of New Coal Extraction Licences on 22 October

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
12 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Energy during the Westminster Hall debate on Coal Tip Safety and Prohibition of New Coal Extraction Licences on 22 October

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Coal tips are a devolved matter and it would be for the Welsh Government to produce any updated estimate of the cost of remediating coal tips in Wales. The Welsh Government has done a considerable amount of work mapping recorded coal tips and they believe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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