Written questions

National Savings and Investments: Standards

Lords · Question HL2046 · Tabled 13 Jul 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 24 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Wills

To ask His Majesty's Government, following National Savings and Investment (NS&I) notifying the Treasury in December 2025 of a failure to comprehensively trace accounts for some customers who died what assessment they have made of work by NS&I since Decem

Answer

Answered by Lord Pitt-Watson, 24 Jul 2026

On 26 March 2026, the Minister for Pensions confirmed to Parliament that NS&I had identified an issue where the estates of deceased customers were not always repaid money from all of their accounts following a bereavement claim. These errors happened ...