Child Trust Fund
Commons · Question 94598 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his department has made of the key legal or administrative obstacles to solving the Locked Child Trust fund issue.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 1 Dec 2025
It is a longstanding common law principle that an adult requires legal authority to manage property belonging to another adult. This principle has existed long before Child Trust Funds and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and is crucial when the individual in...