Written Question·Treasury·UIN 34525
Children: Payments
Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 6 March 2025
Question
Anna Sabine
Liberal Democrat — Frome and East Somerset
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that online retailers act on the requests of parents of deceased children regarding online (a) accounts and (b) payments.
Answer
Emma ReynoldsIn recent years banks and building societies have sought to make the bereavement process easier by increasing the amount they will release without needing a grant of probate. As such the threshold varies between different firms. The nominal threshold in l...
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