Mapped: Where £100m of Premium Bond prizes remain unclaimed
New data, millions of premium bonds, sit with cash prizes worth £ 100,000, which they have not yet claimed to.
There are more than 100 million prizes that are not requested, the latest figures of national savings and investments (NS & I) shows that the figure has been overthrown for the first time.
In all regions of the UK, there are 2,598,139 unattended awards ranging from 25 to 11 bonuses of £ 100,000.
The region, which has the most unqualified awards, is the South East, worth 389,713 £ 14.996.600. However, London is the highest value in the derelict awards, which are divided by £ 15,338,425 between 386,616 awards.
Premium bonds are an investment product carried out by the state’s NS & I. Every month, millions of protectives enter a lottery to win the tax -free cash prizes ranging from £ 25 to £ 1 million and two millionaires are made at each draw.
There are 24 million people who participate in the scheme and more than £ more than £ more than £ 127 billion. These savings do not accrue interest as in normal bank accounts, but it is opposed to a random digital award selector called “Ernie olan, the electronic random number indicator equipment.
The main reason for the unpaid rewards is to pay about one of the 10 out of 10 sent to the address given by the account holder. Although the most selected option is a direct bank transfer, it means that approximately 600,000 checks were still sent in July.
According to NS & I, it is thought that the awards were not requested after 18 months and it does not matter how long they earned. For this reason, the number of derelict awards has been gradually accumulated over the years.
The Savings Bank explains that most of the unqualified prizes are won by account holders who do not save their details or act without updating.
Premium Bonds account holders can use NS & I’s online award controller or award controller to find out if they have unattended rewards.
For a spokesman, he said: “NS & I has successfully paid more than 99 percent of all our premium bond awards to our winners since 1957.
“We want to re -unite people with awards, so this reminds us that even for the small holdings that can be done for years, it is worth registering your details with NS & I.”
