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Public Sector: Fees and Charges

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 27 May 2025UIN 50433

The question

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

Answered by Georgia Gould

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.

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