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British National (Overseas): Mandatory Provident Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to UK-based Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) trustees on the use of British National (Overseas) passports by Hong Kongers as documentation to secure the early withdrawal of th

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 7 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 9 Oct 2024
Answer: 15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to UK-based Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) trustees on the use of British National (Overseas) passports by Hong Kongers as documentation to secure the early withdrawal of th
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government is deeply committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK. We are aware that individuals who have chosen to take up the British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) visa route are having difficulties in drawi...

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