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Charitable Donations: Bank Services

Asked by James WildConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121456

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for philanthropic giving of proposals to link charitable donations to individual bank accounts.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

HMRC has worked collaboratively with a broad range of charity sector stakeholders and other government departments including DCMS to explore the potential of the Future of Gift Aid project and wider Gift Aid modernisation.

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