Financial Services Compensation Scheme
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Protected Savings threshold from £85,000.
Answered by Tulip Siddiq
Deposits held by UK banks, building societies and credit unions that are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) up to £85,000, with joint accounts protected up to £170,000.
The PRA sets this limit and is required to review it every five years, with its next review due by 2025 at the latest. Any changes to the limit must be approved by HM Treasury and the government would expect to carefully consider any potential changes proposed by the PRA.
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