Question follow-through · 63724

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of compensation provided to Equitable Life policyholders.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of compensation provided to Equitable Life policyholders.

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Equitable Life Payment Scheme was designed by the Coalition Government and closed in 2016. There are no plans to reopen decisions relating to the Payment Scheme. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at: https...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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