Question follow-through · 49420

Financial Services: Access

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial services.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial services.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government seeks to ensure that individuals have access to the appropriate financial products and services they need. This is why I am working with a committee of consumer and industry representatives to develop a Financial Inclusion Strategy which wi...

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