Safe Hands Plans

(asked on 25th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Fairer Finance and Dignity raised issues regarding Safe Hands Funeral Plans in meetings with his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.


Answered by
Bim Afolami Portrait
Bim Afolami
This question was answered on 18th April 2024

During a wide-ranging meeting with industry in July 2017 to discuss pre-paid funeral plans, some concerns about Safe Hands funeral plans were raised with HM Treasury.

In response, officials advised that such concerns should be reported to the FCA, reflecting the fact that HM Treasury has no investigatory or enforcement powers of its own.

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