Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department plans to publish the Access to Banking Services Review.

The Government is committed to ensuring that people who need in-person banking can continue to access essential services.

That is why the Government commissioned an independent Review into Access to Banking Services, to assess whether changes to access to in-person banking services are causing consumer detriment, the scale of any detriment, and who and where it affects. The Review is considering these questions across the whole of the UK, including in rural and urban communities. It is not based on a specific definition of rural or urban areas.

The Chair of the Review will provide a report and recommendations to the Government in October 2026 and the Government will publish the report in due course.