Question follow-through · 72002
Equity Release: Interest Charges
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the charging of (a) interest and (b) compound interest on Equity Release Loans by financial services companies on (i) elderly customers and (ii) relatives of d
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the charging of (a) interest and (b) compound interest on Equity Release Loans by financial services companies on (i) elderly customers and (ii) relatives of d
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2025
Answer published
Decisions concerning the design of loans, including the interest charged, are commercial decisions for firms in which the Government does not intervene. However, equity release products are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and so benefit from ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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