Question follow-through · 61630
Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the barriers to direct retail investment in shares by UK citizens; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those barriers on economic growth.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the barriers to direct retail investment in shares by UK citizens; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those barriers on economic growth.
24 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to supporting retail participation in UK capital markets to ensure consumers can benefit from the long-term financial security that investing in shares can provide. The government ran a Call for Evidence as part of the Financia...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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