Digital Assets
Commons · Question 62609 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Mark Garnier
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the (a) development and (b) delivery of the Digital Gilt Instrument programme supports UK-based firms; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 1 Jul 2025
The Government is taking forward its digital gilt instrument (DIGIT) pilot which will be issued onto a platform within the Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). Eligibility for the DSS requires that firms must be legally established in the UK, and therefore D...