Question follow-through · 29206
Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to resolve the issue where Child Trust Funds are inaccessible to disabled children who have been assessed as lacking the mental capacity to manage their own finances.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to resolve the issue where Child Trust Funds are inaccessible to disabled children who have been assessed as lacking the mental capacity to manage their own finances.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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12 Feb 2025
Answer published
Where a young adult lacks mental capacity, including due to a disability, the law requires parents or a guardian to have legal authority to make decisions on their behalf about financial assets or property. This includes in relation to accessing funds hel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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