Written Question·Treasury·UIN 127295

Investment

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for economic growth of the proportion of UK household wealth held directly in equities being lower than in other G7 countries.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The Government wants to see more people benefit from the higher returns and long-term financial resilience that investing can provide, which will also benefit UK capital markets and the wider economy. That is why the Chancellor has set out a series of bol...

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