Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 8586 on Equitable Life Assurance Society, what information he holds on whether any records relating to the Equitable Life Payments Scheme other than those needed to (a) ensure the accuracy of ongoing payments and (b) respond to queries in relation to payments that have already been made have been destroyed.

I refer the Honourable Member for Harrow East to the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury’s letter of 24 May 2021 to the Public Accounts Committee. This is available at: committees.parliament.uk/publications/6221/documents/69032/default/