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Question follow-through · 94597

Child Trust Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, without further legislation or guidance, what percentage of the 80,000 families affected by the Locked Child Trust Fund issue does the government expect to be able to access their funds within the next three year

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, without further legislation or guidance, what percentage of the 80,000 families affected by the Locked Child Trust Fund issue does the government expect to be able to access their funds within the next three year

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    It is a longstanding common law principle that an adult requires legal authority to manage property belonging to another adult. This principle has existed long before Child Trust Funds and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and is crucial when the individual in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Child Trust Fund

10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2025 to question 94597, what information his Department holds on the proportion of the 80,000 families affected by locked Child Trust Funds who will have gained access to thos

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