Question follow-through · 93850
Building Societies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support she is offering for the building societies, in the context of the government's ambition to double the size of the mutuals sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support she is offering for the building societies, in the context of the government's ambition to double the size of the mutuals sector.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies 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 the sector and is currently pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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