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Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on developing a national financial inclusion strategy.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
20 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on developing a national financial inclusion strategy.

  2. 20 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    I have convened a Financial Inclusion Committee of industry and consumer representatives to develop the Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy, which will be published later this year. The strategy will tackle a range of issues, including access to aff...

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