Written Question·Treasury·UIN 90018

Child Trust Fund

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

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

Lucy Rigby

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 ...

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