Question follow-through · 16656

Access to Banking Review: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated to the Access to Banking Services Review.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
14 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been allocated to the Access to Banking Services Review.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    No separate budget has been allocated to the Access to Banking Services Review. The costs associated with supporting the Review are being met from existing HM Treasury departmental budgets.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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