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1465372

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government provides to Post Offices wishing to locate ATMs on the outside of their premises.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	7965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Over the past ten years, the Government has provided over £2.5 billion in funding to support the Post Office network. Government is providing a further £335 million for the Post Office over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The management of the Post Office network, including the provision for ATMs, is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/06/2022 16:14:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1285640

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Community Access to Cash Pilots operating in Post Office branches.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	152567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Community Access to Cash Pilots are an industry-led initiative taking place in nine locations across the UK. These pilots are to trial and test sustainable solutions for ensuring that communities can conveniently withdraw and deposit cash, and identify ways basic banking services can be better delivered, that could be adopted in other locations.</p><p> </p><p>The pilots include 3 ‘banking hubs’ in dedicated retail spaces on the high street, which combine the cash-transaction facilities of a Post Office with access to community banking services offered by the key retail banks. The locations for these trialling this service are Ampthill in Bedfordshire, Rochford in Essex and Cambuslang near Glasgow.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes these initiatives and looks forward to the outcomes of these pilots.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 22/02/2021 09:55:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1151210

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to maintain universal access to cash throughout the post office network.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	900054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are pleased to see 27 banks have made the decision to sign up to the renegotiated Banking Framework agreement in full.</p><p> </p><p>There is ongoing work across government to safeguard access to cash. The government will ensure communities, particularly the most vulnerable residents and those living in rural areas, will be supported and continue to have the choice over how they manage their finances.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/10/2019 13:37:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

874757

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Post Office on the termination of the Post Office’s Branch ATM Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135059 135060 135061 135062 135063 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874758

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with owners of post office branches on the termination of the ATM Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135058 135060 135061 135062 135063 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874759

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the termination of the Post Office’s Branch ATM Agreement on the availability of cash in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135058 135059 135061 135062 135063 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874760

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many post offices in the Post Office branch network have free-to-use cash machines.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135058 135059 135060 135062 135063 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874761

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the termination of the Post Office’s Branch ATM Agreement on the long-term viability of post office branches.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135058 135059 135060 135061 135063 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874762

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the termination of the Post Office’s Branch ATM Agreement on footfall in post office branches.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to widespread free access to cash and continues to work with the industry to ensure appropriate provision remains in place. Post Office Ltd, in partnership with the Bank of Ireland, provides about 2700 free-to-use ATMs across 2353 branches. There are no plans to terminate this arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, independent retail partners and postmasters, who operate most branches across the Post Office network, offer about 4000 ATMs under private agreements with independent ATM providers. Continued provision of these machines is a commercial decision for individual retail partners and ATM providers to take. Separately, Post Office Ltd supplies cash to 103 of these ATMs and has given notice to the relevant ATM providers and post office operators of its commercial decision to end this service. ATM providers are free to use alternative suppliers and Post Office Ltd is offering appropriate support in this transition.</p><p> </p><p>99% of personal banking customers and 95% of small business banking customers can also withdraw cash and make deposits over the counter at any post office branch across the country under the Access to Banking Standard agreed between the Post Office and high street banks in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 135058 135059 135060 135061 135062 question first answered 19/04/2018 12:55:21 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

834501

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Post Office branches provide automatic telling machines for customers.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL5307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Post Office provides a network of around 2,500 free to use ATMs in its branches. Also, through an agreement with all major banks, cash withdrawal and deposit banking services are available over the counter in every one of its 11,600 branches. This means that over 99 per cent of UK personal bank customers and over 95 per cent of SME customers can do their day-to-day banking at the post office.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 06/02/2018 14:53:05 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten