£1.4 billion in Forgotten Child Trust Funds
The Government has released data showing that a huge £1.4bn is currently sat unclaimed and unused in Child Trust Funds (CTFs). CTFs were made available to all children in Britain born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011. Parents were issued a voucher for £250 or £500 to be paid into the CTF at outset, but if it hadn’t been used after 12 months the government simply opened up…