Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the data needed to make further payments to Equitable Life policyholders is retained.
There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. The Equitable Life Payment Scheme closed to claims in 2015 and further guidance on the status of the Payment Scheme after closure is available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equitable-life-payment-scheme#closure-of-the-scheme.
The methodology for calculating payments to Equitable Life policyholders was published in 2011 and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-design.
The relevant data will be retained as long as it is legal to do so.