Question follow-through · 18890
Mortgages
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the forbearance obligations on mortgage lenders under the Financial Conduct Authority's Mortgages and Home Finance: Conduct of Business sourcebook, in particular the duty to consider appropriate forbearance
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the forbearance obligations on mortgage lenders under the Financial Conduct Authority's Mortgages and Home Finance: Conduct of Business sourcebook, in particular the duty to consider appropriate forbearance
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
There are significant measures in place to protect vulnerable mortgage borrowers. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules require lenders to engage individually with their customers who are struggling or who are worried about their payments to order to pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Credit
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has the Government made of whether lenders' published eligibility criteria for interest-only and part-interest arrangements are attainable for borrowers in financial difficulty who are not high-net-w