Question follow-through · 90120
Bank Services: Rural Areas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review the adequacy of banking infrastructure in rural areas as part of its 10-year Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review the adequacy of banking infrastructure in rural areas as part of its 10-year Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2025
Answer published
The government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to rural and coastal communities and is committed to championing sufficient access for both business and personal customers. This is why the government is working with industry to roll out ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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