Question follow-through · 50876
Banking Hubs: Business and Economic Growth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of banking hubs on (a) businesses and (b) economic growth in (i) towns and (ii) villages.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of banking hubs on (a) businesses and (b) economic growth in (i) towns and (ii) villages.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
The Government continues to work closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The UK banking sector has committed to deliver these hubs by the end of this Parliament. Over 220 hubs have been announced so far, and over 150 are already ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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