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Banking Hubs: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the delivery of banking hubs in rural areas.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
6 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the delivery of banking hubs in rural areas.

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities, high streets and rural areas across the UK, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with banks...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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