Question follow-through · 72967

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department considers the (a) have regard duty on the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) guidance provided in the Government’s remit letter, published on 14 November 2024, to be sufficient basis for the

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department considers the (a) have regard duty on the Financial Conduct Authority and (b) guidance provided in the Government’s remit letter, published on 14 November 2024, to be sufficient basis for the

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government recognises the key role the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has in improving financial inclusion for UK consumers. This is why the FCA is part of the Financial Inclusion Committee which has been convened to develop a Financial Inclusion S...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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