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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...