Question follow-through · 82717
Financial Institutions: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax on the profits of (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax on the profits of (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
The government’s position on the taxation of the banking sector remains as set out in the Corporate Tax Roadmap. The regime is kept under review to ensure that objectives around growth and fiscal responsibility are appropriately balanced.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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