United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85127
Coal
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27 October 2025
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4 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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.
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27 October 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
4 November 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-27/85127
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1845275
- uk · wq-1845275 · source updated 4 November 2025