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1142105

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to support people affected by the Equitable Life scandal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	282454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In 2010 the government allocated up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders. More detail on the history of the action taken on this issue can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/09/2019 08:16:00 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1136903

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the detailed methodology used to calculate Equitable Life payment scheme compensation payments.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	273354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The methodology for calculating payments to Equitable Life policyholders was published in 2011 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-design" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-design</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/07/2019 12:43:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1127861

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the libraries of both Houses the methodology for calculating payments to Equitable Life policyholders.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	256997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The methodology for calculating payments to Equitable Life policyholders was published in 2011 and can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-design" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-design</a> .</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/06/2019 06:47:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1127869

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times corrections of payments to Equitable Life policyholders have been made; and what guarantees are in place to ensure that no further errors in the payments and calculation method will be made.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	257002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The payment calculation has been examined by a panel of actuarial peers and the Equitable Members Action Group. No errors in the calculation methodology have been identified.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Payment Scheme was in operation policyholders could check the input data received from Equitable Life that was used as the basis for their individual calculation. Where an error was found in the records Equitable Life held, a policyholder could request an independent review of their individual payment and where necessary a payment could be recalculated.</p><p> </p><p>The Payment Scheme is now closed. The Payment Scheme’s final progress report set out the numbers of independent reviews conducted and this can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 04/06/2019 06:47:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1110536

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) undertake a review of the compensation afforded to people affected by Equitable Life and (b) issue guidance on recourse available to people affected in Crewe and Nantwich constituency that have (i) not been paid and (ii) received insufficient compensation.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	242926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. The Equitable Life Payment Scheme closed to claims in 2015 and further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/04/2019 14:32:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1110020

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the £1.5 billion allocated for Equitable Life compensation, what proportion of that sum has been paid out; and what the reasons are for the amount that has not yet been paid out.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	241466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme published a final report in 2016 which set out the details of payments made and how the remaining funds will be allocated. A copy can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/04/2019 15:32:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1109749

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will reopen the compensation scheme for Equitable Life victims.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	241093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have taken more action than any previous government to resolve this issue by allocating up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders. There are no plans to allocate any further funds to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme, or reopen it.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/04/2019 15:29:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1064029

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to the Equitable Life payment victims.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
uin	223227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the funding allocation made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Since 2010, we have taken more action than any previous government to resolve this issue by allocating up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/02/2019 16:26:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1061025

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) undertake a review of the compensation afforded to people affected by Equitable Life and (b) issue guidance on recourse available to people affected in Southport constituency who have either not been paid out or have received insufficient compensation.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	221789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme closed to claims in 2015. Further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or review the funding allocation made to it.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 21/02/2019 12:09:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1060806

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) reopen and (b) allocate additional funding to the Equitable Life payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	220976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have taken more action than any previous government to resolve this issue by allocating up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders. There are no plans to allocate any further funds to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme, or reopen it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/02/2019 15:33:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting