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1050197

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
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 towns without free access to the ATM network.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	213424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on ATM numbers by Parliamentary Constituency is publicly available on the LINK website.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s ATM network, has committed to maintain the broad geographical coverage of the ATM network in the UK. The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator, which regulates LINK, is closely monitoring developments within ATM provision and has used its powers to hold LINK to account over its commitments.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has put in place specific arrangements to protect free-to-use ATMs more than 1 kilometre away from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. Furthermore, LINK recently announced new additional premiums to safeguard the presence of free-to-use ATMs in remote and deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 213425 question first answered 31/01/2019 16:09:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1046825

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cash machines on high streets in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made an estimate of the number of cash machines on high streets in the UK in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that widespread access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses; and continues to engage with the regulators and industry in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) in 2015, with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users. The PSR is, therefore, closely monitoring developments within ATM provision. It has recently used its powers to ensure LINK meets its commitment on maintaining the broad geographical spread of free-to-use ATMs.</p><p> </p><p>Statistical data on the number of ATMs is publicly available on the LINK website. This includes data on the number of ATMs across the UK, both free-to-use and pay-to-use, since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/01/2019 14:12:02 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

693163

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate against the effect of changes to the level of access to free ATMs on high streets and local communities.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	64984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 Government set up the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with the statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems, including the LINK ATM scheme, work in the interests of their users. The PSR is monitoring developments within the LINK network and ATM provision in the UK more generally, including assessing the potential effect of any developments on the provision of ATMs in the UK and the possible impact on the scheme’s users.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 02/03/2017 11:38:50 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

692464

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on high streets and local communities of reduced access to ATMs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	64817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has made no assessment of the potential effect on high streets and local communities of reduced access to ATMs. ATM provision is a matter for HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy grouped question UIN 64768 question first answered 01/03/2017 16:59:00 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

692466

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of changes to the level of access to free ATMs on high streets and local communities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	64818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of ministerial discussions are not routinely disclosed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained. The Government is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64819 question first answered 01/03/2017 14:49:38 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts