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Child Trust Fund: Mental Capacity

Asked by James WildConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51952

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42858 on Child Trust Fund, whether her Department has taken recent steps to (a) update and (b) publicise the guidance entitled Making Financial Decisions for young people: parent and carer toolkit, published on 9 June 2023.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

Although the parent and carer toolkit ‘Making Financial Decisions for young people’ is almost two years old, the information it contains is still current.

The Ministry of Justice regularly considers how to publicise the tool kit and raise awareness of the Mental Capacity Act.

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