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Department for Work and Pensions: Credit Unions

Asked by Gareth ThomasLabour (Co-op)Department for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 111636

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.

Answered by Andrew Western

DWP has existing arrangements with three of the UK’s leading credit unions: COMMSAVE, HEY (Hull and East Yorkshire) and VOYAGER.

The payroll savings scheme with credit unions is part of DWP’s wider financial wellbeing toolkit, which is readily available to all employees through the staff intranet, and is promoted as part of our wider wellbeing offer.

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