Written questions

Seventy Ninth Group: Insolvency

Commons · Question 68722 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Sir John Whittingdale

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that investors in 79th Group receive adequate compensation.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 23 Jul 2025

As an important point of principle, the Government does not step in to pay compensation in respect of failed financial services firms that fall outside of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Doing so would create the wrong set of incentives...