Question follow-through · 81939
Payment Methods
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that people without access to digital payment options (a) can to pay for goods and services in their local communities in cash and (b) are supported to
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that people without access to digital payment options (a) can to pay for goods and services in their local communities in cash and (b) are supported to
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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21 Oct 2025
Answer published
While the ongoing trend in payments in the UK has been away from cash and towards card and digital payment methods, the Government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those in vulnerable groups, and is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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