John Whittingdale MP: written questions

Written questions

• Seventy Ninth Group: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68722More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that investors in 79th Group receive adequate compensation.

  Answer: As an important point of principle, the Government does not step in to pay compensation in respect of failed financial services firms that fall outside of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Doing so would create the wrong set of incentives...

  Answered 23 Jul 2025

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• Financial Services: FraudTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68720More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Authorised Push Payment framework in tackling financial fraud.

  Answer: As an important point of principle, the Government does not step in to pay compensation in respect of failed financial services firms that fall outside of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Doing so would create the wrong set of incentives...

  Answered 23 Jul 2025

  Original Parliament record
• Seventy Ninth Group: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68719More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Financial Conduct Authority support for victims of financial fraud in the context of the insolvency of 79th Group.

  Answer: As an important point of principle, the Government does not step in to pay compensation in respect of failed financial services firms that fall outside of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Doing so would create the wrong set of incentives...

  Answered 23 Jul 2025

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• Visas: RussiaHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65201More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were issued to citizens of the Russian Federation to visit the UK in each of the last five years.

  Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by nationality and visa type in the Immigration system statistics publication. Data on visas issued are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the ‘detailed entry clearance dataset’. Information on how to u...

  Answered 15 Jul 2025

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