Question follow-through · 81240

Mutual Societies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to formally consult with financial mutual businesses on doubling the size of the mutual sector.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
16 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to formally consult with financial mutual businesses on doubling the size of the mutual sector.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to supporting the growth of financial mutuals in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. HM Treasury has already announced measures to support financial mutuals and is curren...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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