Question follow-through · 97504
Investment: Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the redress and support mechanisms available to retail investors who have suffered losses in unauthorised mini-bond schemes that fall outside the Financial Services Co
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the redress and support mechanisms available to retail investors who have suffered losses in unauthorised mini-bond schemes that fall outside the Financial Services Co
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the impact of the collapse of the High Street Group (HSG) on those who invested with it. The administrators of HSG estimate that the value of investments affected is about £123 million. As the regulator of financial services in t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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