Written questions

Bank Services: Closures

Commons · Question 75775 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department has issued for banks on reporting customer account closures while complaints remain unresolved by the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Answer

Answered by Lucy Rigby, 11 Sep 2025

In June 2025, the Government legislated to introduce stronger protections for customers in cases of bank account closure. The measures we have introduced extend the minimum notice period of termination from two months to 90 days and place a new requiremen...