AQW 41548/11-15

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 30/01/2015
Answered On Date: 10/02/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel whether he has considered working with the Treasury to introduce National Savings and Investments pensioner bonds to Northern Ireland, as introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2014, and recently made available in Great Britain.

Answer:

The 65+ Guaranteed Growth Bonds (Pensioner Bonds) that were launched recently are already available to people living in Northern Ireland as long as they are aged 65+ and have a UK bank account.