Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 December 2020 HCWS678, whether the Government compensation scheme for London Capital and Finance plc bondholders will be available to all bondholders with no restrictions on the size or the timing of their investment.
In my Written Ministerial Statement on 17 December 2020, I outlined the three main channels through which London Capital & Finance plc (LCF) bondholders can seek compensation. These are the administration process, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), and the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Complaints Scheme.
My statement also announced that, taking into consideration the specific and complex set of circumstances surrounding the collapse of LCF, the Treasury will set up a compensation scheme which will assess whether there is justification for further one-off compensation payments in certain circumstances for some LCF bondholders . The Government will announce further details in due course.