Question follow-through · 67794
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is the average payment to those eligible With-Profit-Annuitants within the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jul 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is the average payment to those eligible With-Profit-Annuitants within the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Government allocated £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Before it ceased operations in 2016, the Scheme had issued £1.12 billion in tax-free payments to nearly 933,000 policyholders. The remainder of the £1.5 billion has been set aside...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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