Question follow-through · 37315

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21417 on Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing full financial redress in cases w

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
13 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21417 on Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing full financial redress in cases w

  2. 13 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    In 2010 the government allocated up to £1.5 billon, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders and this decision was in line with the Ombudsman’s report. More detail on the history of the action taken on this issue can be found at: https://www.gov.uk...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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