Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection by parents or guardians of children with learning disabilities hoping to access their Child Trust Fund were (a) made and (b) successful in the last year for which data is available.

According to management information provided by the Court of Protection, it received 18 applications in 2022 where a Child Trust Fund was the sole asset, and all applications were successful.

This does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity as it is not possible to identify these cases centrally.