Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 50433

Public Sector: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

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

Answer

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.