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Mortgages

Commons · Question 77232 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations of the report by the London School of Economics entitled Releasing the Mortgage Prisoners, published in F

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 13 Oct 2025

The Government takes the issue of mortgage prisoners seriously. We understand the challenges that this cohort of borrowers faces and will work with regulators and the industry to ensure that this problem is properly considered.