Question follow-through · 42861

Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds were made in each year since 2019.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds were made in each year since 2019.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    It is not possible to provide information on the numbers of applications for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds as Court of Protection data is not broken down by the type of asset held.Locally collected management information relati...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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