Lifetime ISA

Treasury Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 6 Jan 2025 Closed: 11 Sep 2025 Parliament page
The Treasury Committee is inquiring into whether the Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA) is still an appropriate financial product nine years after it was created. Read the call for evidence to find out more about this inquiry.
6 Recommendations
9 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
10 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 17 events
11 Sep
2025
Report published
30 Jun
2025
Report published
6 May
2025
Correspondence
6 May
2025
Formal meeting (private meeting) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
23 Apr
2025
Oral evidence
23 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
22 Apr
2025
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
23 Apr 2025
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Lifetime ISA
Anne Fairweather, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Hargreaves Lansdown Brian Byrnes, Head of Personal Finance at Moneybox Charlotte Harrison, Chief Executive of Home Financing at Skipton Building Society Funmi Olufunwa, Finance Expert and Founder of Hoops Finance Martin Lewis, Founder and Executive Chair of Money Saving Expert Michael Johnson, Research Fellow Richard Stone, Chief Executive at the Association of Investment Companies
Title HC No. Published Items Response
8th Report - Lifetime Individual Savings Account HC 607 30 Jun 2025 15 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
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1 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Lifetime ISA may not be an efficient use of taxpayer money for its dual objectives.
We endorse the Government’s policy objectives of supporting first-time buyers and encouraging long-term retirement savings. However, the Lifetime ISA may not be the most efficient use of taxpayers’ money to achieve those disparate objectives, which might require separate, tailored policies. … Read more
Government Response
The government committed to working with the industry to consider ways to improve messaging around Lifetime ISAs, while reaffirming its commitment to making ISAs simple and flexible.
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2 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Cash Lifetime ISAs may not achieve optimal long-term retirement outcomes compared to invested assets.
Some Lifetime ISA providers only offer the cash Lifetime ISA. Retirement savings held within cash Lifetime ISAs may not achieve the best outcome for a Lifetime ISA holder over the long term, compared with investing in higher risk but higher … Read more
Government Response
The government reiterated the purpose and success of the Lifetime ISA and stated that it keeps all aspects of the policy under review and carefully considers all representations received, without committing to specific action on the performance of cash LISAs.
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7 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Lifetime ISA may not be suitable for additional rate taxpayers, despite benefits for others.
We recognise the risks for certain individuals opting to save for retirement in a Lifetime ISA instead of a workplace pension, because of lower tax relief for higher- and additional-rate taxpayers and forgoing employer contributions. Although we recognise that it … Read more
Government Response
The Government recognises the importance of the Lifetime ISA and is publishing two pieces of externally commissioned research on GOV.UK to further improve our understanding of how the LISA is used.
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8 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Consider self-employed interests in any future ISA market reforms due to historically low savings.
The available evidence indicates that saving for retirement with a Lifetime ISA is working well for self-employed people. Any Government reforms to the ISA market must take the interests of the self-employed into account, because self-employed people have historically achieved … Read more
Government Response
The Government recognises the importance of the Lifetime ISA and is publishing two pieces of externally commissioned research on GOV.UK to further improve our understanding of how the LISA is used.
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Government Response AI assessment · 15 of 6 classified
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 2
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 1
Total 6 recs + 9 conclusions
Correspondence 10 letters
6 May 2025 Correspondence from HMRC on quantitative and qualitative research on Lifetime ISA, dated 30 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from Skipton Building Society regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 14 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from the Chair to Skipton Building Society regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 6 March 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from Hargreaves Lansdown regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 8 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from the Chair to Hargreaves Lansdown regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 6 March 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from Moneybox regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 9 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from Moneybox regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 21 March 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from the Chair to Moneybox regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 6 March 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from HM Revenue and Customs regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 9 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 Correspondence from the Chair to HM Revenue and Customs regarding Lifetime ISA data request, dated 25 March 2025
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