Question follow-through · 4779
Banking Hubs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a banking hub in (a) St Ives, Cambridgeshire and (b) other market towns that have experienced bank closures.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a banking hub in (a) St Ives, Cambridgeshire and (b) other market towns that have experienced bank closures.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll-out 350 banking...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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