HC Deb 10 December 1993 vol 234 c401W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when the Securities and Investments Board decided to review cases where personal pensions may have been mis-sold under the Financial Services Act 1986; how many cases are involved; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what steps the Securities and Investments Board proposes to take to ensure that any individual who was wrongly persuaded to buy a personal pension in contravention of the Securities and Investments Board rules and regulations is compensated in full.

Mr. Nelson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 December 1993 at column 234.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if the Securities and Investments Board will publish details of its survey of the sale of personal pensions; and in how many cases the Securities and Investments Board believes that there was prima facie evidence of mis-selling;

(2) if he will ask the Securities and Investments Board to publish the results of its examination of cases where personal pensions may have been mis-sold.

Mr. Nelson

The Securities and Investments Board will publish the results of its independent pilot study of pension transfers before Christmas. SIB is co-ordinating a full-scale study to establish the extent of mis-selling.