Question follow-through · 50944
Bank Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is held in dormant bank accounts, broken down by (a) bank and (b) region.
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
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 May 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money is held in dormant bank accounts, broken down by (a) bank and (b) region.
13 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
HMT does not hold information on the level of dormant assets across UK bank accounts as this would be client information held by the banks themselves. However, the Government does have information on the level of funds pertaining to the UK’s official Dorm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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