Question follow-through · 50729

Woodford Investment Management

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority's redress scheme in relation to the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority's redress scheme in relation to the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    On 19 April 2023, the FCA published a statement on their investigation into the circumstances leading up to the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, and the role of Link Fund Solutions. The statement set out a proposed settlement scheme for this...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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