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NatWest Group: Government Shareholding

Commons · Question 75370 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Government completes exit from NatWest, published on 30 May 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the potential income from the retail model of sale

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 11 Sep 2025

On 30 May 2025, the government sold its remaining shares in NatWest Group, bringing to an end the public ownership of banks resulting from the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The government focused on ensuring sales of NatWest shares were delivered in ...