Question follow-through · 41001
NatWest: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have had discussions with Natwest Bank on fixed rate loans for small and medium-sized businesses taken out in the 2008 period.
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
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have had discussions with Natwest Bank on fixed rate loans for small and medium-sized businesses taken out in the 2008 period.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government regularly engages with a range of stakeholders across the financial services landscape, and it is important that communication can take place in a free and frank way. Officials and Ministers frequently engage with NatWest, as one of the UK'...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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