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We are pleased to see 27 banks have made the decision to sign up to the renegotiated Banking Framework agreement in full.<\/p>

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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-22T13:37:14.003Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What steps the Government is taking to maintain universal access to cash throughout the post office network.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "900054"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874757", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874757/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3936", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Griffiths"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Burton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Griffiths"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "135058"} , {"_value" : "135059"} , {"_value" : "135061"} , {"_value" : "135062"} , {"_value" : "135063"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-19T12:55:21.34Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-03-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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\u2019s Branch ATM Agreement on the availability of cash in rural areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Arfon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"} ], "uin" : "135060"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874760", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874760/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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>

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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3936", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Griffiths"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Burton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Griffiths"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "135058"} , {"_value" : "135059"} , {"_value" : "135060"} , {"_value" : "135062"} , {"_value" : "135063"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-19T12:55:21.403Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-03-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Arfon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"} ], "uin" : "135061"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874761", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874761/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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>

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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3936", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Griffiths"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Burton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Griffiths"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "135058"} , {"_value" : "135059"} , {"_value" : "135060"} , {"_value" : "135061"} , {"_value" : "135063"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-19T12:55:21.45Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-03-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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\u2019s Branch ATM Agreement on the long-term viability of post office branches.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Arfon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"} ], "uin" : "135062"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874762", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/874762/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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>

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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3936", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Griffiths"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Burton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Griffiths"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "135058"} , {"_value" : "135059"} , {"_value" : "135060"} , {"_value" : "135061"} , {"_value" : "135062"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-04-19T12:55:21.513Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-03-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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\u2019s Branch ATM Agreement on footfall in post office branches.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1397", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hywel Williams"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Arfon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hywel Williams"} ], "uin" : "135063"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/834501", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/834501/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-02-06T14:53:05.38Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Post Office branches provide automatic telling machines for customers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1137", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Patten"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Patten"} ], "uin" : "HL5307"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/825464", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/825464/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry to ensure that this access is maintained.<\/p>

LINK, the main scheme behind the UK\u2019s ATM network, has assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.<\/p>

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK\u2019s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network<\/a>.<\/p>

The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.<\/p>

99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK\u2019s network of over 11,600 post offices.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3936", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Griffiths"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Burton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Griffiths"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-23T16:44:55.38Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices: Cash Dispensing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that post offices provide free access to ATMs when there is no other ATM within 1km of that post office.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4672", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ged Killen"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rutherglen and Hamilton West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ged Killen"} ], "uin" : "123605"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 9, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }