Public Sector: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 50433 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 27 May 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to prohibit (a) Government agencies and (b) Departments from (i) engaging and (ii) endorsing commercial intermediaries that charge users for access to otherwise free public services
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 27 May 2025
It is for those departments providing services to the public to ensure that third parties do not mislead citizens into making additional or unnecessary payments for accessing those services.