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registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of adults in the UK who do not have a UK bank account.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	281634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the number of people who do not have a bank account. However, in 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority published the results of the Financial Lives Survey which found that 1.3 million UK adults were unbanked, i.e. have no current account or alternative e-money account.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Lives Survey report contains further information on the characteristics of the unbanked. The report analyses survey results across the four nations of the UK, the nine regions of England, and by rural and urban areas. The FCA intend to repeat the Financial Lives Survey on a regular basis in future. The report can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/research/financial-lives-consumers-across-uk.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/research/financial-lives-consumers-across-uk.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This government is committed to building an economy where everyone, regardless of their background or income, can access the financial services and products they need, including a bank account. Under the Payment Account Regulations 2015 (PARs) the nine largest personal current account providers in the UK are legally required to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account. Accounts have all the standard payment features such as direct debits and standing orders, though no overdraft or cheque book facilities. The Treasury’s December 2018 publication shows that in total there are nearly 7.5 million basic bank accounts open in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, in November 2017, the Government announced the creation of the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum. The Forum has now met three times and has successfully brought together key leaders from industry, charities and consumer groups, as well as Government ministers and the regulators, to provide leadership in tackling financial exclusion. The Forum has delivered important work already, and made tangible progress. A sub-group of the Forum set up last summer, examined the issue of access to affordable credit, and made a number of recommendations, many of which formed part of a package on affordable credit presented at Budget 2018. The Government also published its first annual financial inclusion report on 25 March which takes stock of the Government’s progress in this area.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/09/2019 07:03:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen attachment 1 file name Financial Lives Survey - page 47.pdf title Page 47 from report as mentioned in the response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

987763

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will retain its membership of the Single Euro Payments Area after exiting the European Union.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	179304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Single Euro Payments Area – SEPA – enables efficient, low cost euro payments to be made across EEA Member States and with third-countries who meet the governing body’s third-country access criteria. SEPA represents a key enabler of trade between the UK, EU, and existing third-country members, and the government therefore intends to retain relevant EU payments law in such a way that it maximises the prospects of the UK remaining in SEPA.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/10/2018 15:10:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

984592

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people that do not have a bank account in each of the last three years in (a) the UK and (b) Feltham and Heston constituency.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Treasury does not make assessments of the number of people who do not have a bank account.</p><p> </p><p>However, in 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority published the results of the Financial Lives Survey which found that 1.3 million UK adults were unbanked, i.e. have no current account or alternative e-money account.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Lives Survey report (https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/research/understanding-financial-lives-uk-adults) contains further information on the characteristics of the unbanked and their preferences to have a bank account. The report analyses survey results across the four nations of the UK, the nine regions of England, and by rural and urban areas. The FCA intend to repeat the Financial Lives Survey on a regular basis in future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/10/2018 15:19:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

917665

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were invited to sign up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	150246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150247 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

917666

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people signed up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	150247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150246 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

895005

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the progress made by the banking sector in ensuring that the needs of vulnerable consumers are met.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	139526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes it is vitally important that the banking sector meets the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has given the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent conduct regulator for the financial services sector, a statutory objective to protect consumers. The FCA continually assess whether the banks they regulate are meeting the rules regarding the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ treatment of their customers is governed by the FCA in its Principles for Businesses, as well as specific requirements in its Handbook. The FCA's Principles require firms to conduct their business with due skill, care and diligence, and to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK are legally required to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are ineligible for a bank’s standard current account. The Treasury’s December 2017 publication shows that in total there are nearly 8 million basic bank accounts open in the UK, and that just over 900,000 new accounts were opened between July 2016 and June 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/05/2018 12:55:08 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens