Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 94598

Child Trust Fund

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

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

Alex Davies-Jones

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...

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