Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
Commons · Question 27910 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Evans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by the Equitable Life scandal who are yet to be traced.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 17 Sep 2026
In 2010 the coalition government chose to allocate up to £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Before it ceased operations in 2016, the Scheme had issued £1.12 billion in tax-free payments to nearly 933,000 policyholders.As the Scheme has bee...