| Heading: |
Child Trust Fund |
| Question ID: |
1790806 |
| UIN: |
42859 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4787 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Wild
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
James Wild
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the DWP appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Funds with a value up to £5,000. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The DWP will not be extending its appointeeship scheme to include Child Trust Funds. The scheme only applies to Government benefits which help with day-to-day living expenses, as opposed to a capital asset like a Child Trust Fund which matures overtime. F... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |