Question follow-through · 31718
Bank Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce measures to protect access to essential banking services in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce measures to protect access to essential banking services in rural areas.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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