Child Trust Fund
Commons · Question 90018 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by John Whitby
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatically releasing funds in unclaimed adult-owned Child Trust Funds through the (a) benefit, (b) payroll and (c) student loan systems.
Answer
Answered by Lucy Rigby, 17 Nov 2025
The Government is aware of suggestions that a system could be developed for paying out the savings held in matured Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts that have not been accessed by the account owners by the age of 21. The savings in these accounts belong to ...