HC Deb 02 February 2001 vol 362 c337W
Mr. Alasdair Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what the average pension paid to people in(a) Scotland and (b) the UK from (i) the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and (ii) the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme is; [148133]

(2) how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK receive a pension from (i) the Mineworkers' Pensions Scheme and (ii) the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. [148132]

Mr. Hain

These are matters for the trustees of the coal pension schemes. I have asked them to write to the hon. Gentleman direct.