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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-06-06more like thismore than 2023-06-06
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the appointee scheme to support disabled young people who do not have the mental capacity to access the money in their Child Trust Fund accounts. more like this
tabling member constituency Sheffield South East more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Clive Betts more like this
uin 187883 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-06-13more like thismore than 2023-06-13
answer text <p>The DWP appointee system gives access to social security benefits only. It does not give access to monies held in Child Trust Funds. Where the child is incapable of accessing the funds themselves, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides for how a third party can do that on the child’s behalf, namely, through the Court of Protection. There are no current plans to change this approach.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Corby more like this
answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-06-13T09:12:07.313Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-13T09:12:07.313Z
answering member
4369
label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts more like this