Question follow-through · 90107
Help to Save Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend eligibility to Help to Save to people of pension age and in receipt of (a) carers allowance, (b) pension credit and (c) housing benefit after 2027.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend eligibility to Help to Save to people of pension age and in receipt of (a) carers allowance, (b) pension credit and (c) housing benefit after 2027.
18 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Help to Save scheme supports financial resilience for working people on low incomes by encouraging consistent, long-term saving and helping them build a financial buffer to plan and prepare for the future. In April 2025, the government widened the eli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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