Question follow-through · 34177
Small Businesses: Bank Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support small businesses impacted by a reduction in (a) local bank branches and (b) in-person banking services in West Dorset constituency.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support small businesses impacted by a reduction in (a) local bank branches and (b) in-person banking services in West Dorset constituency.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to constituents and businesses in West Dorset and across the UK and is committed to championing sufficient access for all. That is why the Government is working closely with the industry to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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