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Written Question
Help to Save Scheme
Monday 22nd May 2023

Asked by: David Evennett (Conservative - Bexleyheath and Crayford)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have benefitted from a Help to Save account in each of the last three years.

Answered by Andrew Griffith - Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Information about Help to Save accounts is published in the Annual Savings Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022.

The most recent publication shows data on Help to Save accounts up until the end of March 2022. This data will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published on 22nd June 2023.

The relevant information can be found in the Workbook “Help to Save tables: June 2022” in the monthly total statistics tab. This tab shows the number of Help to Save accounts that have been opened in each month. It also shows the total number of individuals who have made a deposit into their account in each month.

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