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| Formation | 31 October 1994 |
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| Legal status | Non-departmental public body (NDPB) |
| Purpose | Making a better future for people and the environment in mining areas |
| Location |
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Region served | Great Britain |
Chief Executive | Lisa Pinney |
Chairman | Jeff Halliwell |
Main organ | Coal Authority Board |
Parent organization | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Staff | 300 (in 2021 to 2022) |
| Website | www |
The Coal Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). It owns the vast majority of unworked coal in Great Britain, as well as former coal mines, and undertakes a range of functions including:
- licensing coal mining operations
- matters with respect to coal mining subsidence damage outside the areas of responsibility of coal mining licensees
- dealing with property and historical liability issues; for example environmental projects, mine water treatment schemes and surface hazards relating to past coal mining
- providing public access to information held by the Coal Authority on coal mining