Question follow-through · 58224

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the terms of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to reimburse legal costs for victims of fraud.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
12 Jun 2025
Answer
12 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the terms of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to reimburse legal costs for victims of fraud.

  2. 12 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The rules governing the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for consumers of failed authorised firms, including where those consumers have been the victims of fraud, are set by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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