Question follow-through · 109854
Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with The Pensions Regulator on what estimate it has made of how many and what proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in (a) thermal coal-fired and (b) any other foss
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with The Pensions Regulator on what estimate it has made of how many and what proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in (a) thermal coal-fired and (b) any other foss
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has not produced such estimates. As part of its supervision and to assist in understanding the link between performance and asset allocation, TPR now gets access to investment data from workplace pension schemes – including in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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