Question follow-through · 111625

Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 9 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 11 Feb 2026
Answer: 17 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2026
Answer published
I can confirm that the Ministry of Justice does not currently offer or promote credit union offerings through payroll deductions. However, the Department offers financial wellbeing support and advice through the employee benefits package.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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