Question follow-through · 7571

National Savings and Investments: Bereavement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken by National Savings and Investments to return the savings of customers who have died to their bereaved families.

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About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken by National Savings and Investments to return the savings of customers who have died to their bereaved families.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    On 19 May, I updated Parliament that from the week commencing 25 May, NS&I would start to contact all affected estates, with holdings of £10 or more, to reunite them with the holdings owed to them. Remediation will be delivered in phases. NS&I has...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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