Question follow-through · 38409
Bank Services: Direct Debits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 20062 on Bank Services: Direct Debits, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that organisations receiving payments via Direct Debit are held accountable
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 20062 on Bank Services: Direct Debits, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that organisations receiving payments via Direct Debit are held accountable
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2025
Answer published
Direct Debits are subject to rules made by Pay.UK, a private sector payment system operator that is regulated by the Bank of England and Payment Systems Regulator. In order to receive Direct Debit payments, businesses and other organisations must be ‘spon...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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