Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

The government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups, and is committed to protecting access to cash for individuals and businesses.

The operator of the UK’s largest ATM network, LINK, publishes data on the number of ATMs across each parliamentary constituency. This includes a breakdown of the number of pay-to-use ATMs operated by the LINK network. In the constituency of South Holland and the Deepings, LINK data identifies that there are 7 pay-to-use ATMs of 48 ATMs overall. This data can be found at https://www.link.co.uk/data-research/the-atm-network.

Whilst no breakdown is available for Lincolnshire as a whole, LINK operates a cash locator tool which provides data on the location and character of ATMs across the UK, and can be searched by local area. This includes a breakdown of the number of pay-to-use ATMs, free-to-use ATMs, as well as other cash-related services such as those provided at Post Office counters.

The tool can be accessed at: https://www.link.co.uk/cash-locator.