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date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Barclays: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Barclays Bank on its bank closure program.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	120948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with Barclays on a variety of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the continued importance of access to banking. However, decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies.</p><p> </p><p>The largest banks and building societies have been signed up to the Access to Banking Standard since 2017, which commits them to ensure that customers are well informed about branch closures, the bank’s reasons for closure and options for continued access to banking services.</p><p /><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority also sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on their customers’ everyday banking and cash access needs and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p /><p>Alternative options for access can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 120949 question first answered 16/02/2022 13:58:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1421029

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to preserve physical banking provision in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	120949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with Barclays on a variety of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the continued importance of access to banking. However, decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue for banks and building societies.</p><p> </p><p>The largest banks and building societies have been signed up to the Access to Banking Standard since 2017, which commits them to ensure that customers are well informed about branch closures, the bank’s reasons for closure and options for continued access to banking services.</p><p /><p>Guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority also sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. Firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on their customers’ everyday banking and cash access needs and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This ensures that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p /><p>Alternative options for access can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 120948 question first answered 16/02/2022 13:58:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1421030

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department’s response to the Access to cash consultation.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	120950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, and remains committed to legislating to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the Government held the Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The Government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government received responses to the consultation from a broad range of respondents, including individuals, businesses, and charities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is carefully considering responses to the consultation as it develops legislation. The Government will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 120951 question first answered 16/02/2022 13:52:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1421031

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Access to Cash Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the Access to cash consultation.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	120951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that cash remains an important part of daily life for millions of people across the UK, and remains committed to legislating to protect access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July to 23 September last year, the Government held the Access to Cash Consultation on proposals for new laws to make sure people only need to travel a reasonable distance to pay in or take out cash. The Government’s proposals intend to support the continued use of cash in people’s daily lives and help to enable local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they can access deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government received responses to the consultation from a broad range of respondents, including individuals, businesses, and charities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is carefully considering responses to the consultation as it develops legislation. The Government will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 120950 question first answered 16/02/2022 13:52:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter