Question follow-through · 109379
Post Office: Bank Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of the Post Office network hosting community banking representatives to provide in-person access to more complex banking services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of the Post Office network hosting community banking representatives to provide in-person access to more complex banking services.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Government’s Green Paper, the role of Post Office is changing, fuelled by significant changes in Post Office’s markets. Government will continue facilitating discussions around the future of cash and banking services, as demonstrated by ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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