MP urges Equitable pensioners to apply for their compensation.
Fiona Bruce MP for Congleton is calling on any constituents who had pensions with Equitable Life, to make sure they get the compensation promised to them by the government before it is too late.
Fiona Bruce MP, said: “Although 450,000 people have now received a compensation cheque, but about 20% of these eligible to receive Government compensation remain untraced and if people don’t get their claim in by 2015 they will miss out”.
The Equitable Life Payments Scheme was set up by the coalition Government in 2011 to pay up to £1.5 billion to victims of the Equitable Life scandal. £600 million has already been paid out. But many people have moved without giving their new address and an alarming number seem to be unaware that they are entitled to a payment. The Treasury is planning to shut down the scheme in 2015, with many pensioners at risk of remaining unpaid.
Potentially there are more than 400 people in the Congleton constituency alone missing out on thousands of pounds in compensation. Nationally the figure is close to 200,000.
Fiona continued in saying, “It would be such a shame if these people miss out on the money which has been allocated to them.”
If you think you have an eligible policy but have not yet heard from the Scheme, you can first confirm that your policy is eligible for the Scheme by telephoning the Scheme’s “Policychecker” service on 0300 0200 150. Or write to Equitable Life Payment Scheme, PO Box 4110, Glasgow G58 1EL quoting your full name, address and your Equitable Life policy number in all correspondence.
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The Scheme website can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/ELcompensation or http://equitablelifepaymentscheme.independent.gov.uk/index.htm
