On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:11:51 GMT, Mike_B
wrote:
>In message , Alang
> writes
>>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:55:35 +0000, Cynic
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:49:56 +0000, Alang
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>>It is not a legal requirement to have electricity and running water in
>>>>>your house either. ITYF that not having them would cause even more
>>>>>inconvenience.
>>>
>>>>It's getting to the stage where i norder to have those utilities or
>>>>ones state pension one needs a bank account. I have yet to see any
>>>>regulation that forces a bank to supply an account to anyone who
>>>>applies.
>>>
>>>But do you know of any legal UK resident who would *not* be able to
>>>get a bank account?
>>
>>I have heard of instances where banks have refused to open accounts
>>for some people. Those who can't produce proofs required or who have
>>been in debt. ISTR a couple of posts here on that subject. Some of
>>this thread claims millions without bank accounts. The report
>>published in 2006 claims i in 12 households with no bank account. I
>>have no idea whether that is correct today but I suspect the figures
>>may still be in the millions.
>
>I haven't seen an up to date figure however I suspect we can probably do
>a little arithmetic to come up with one that's in the ball park. Our
>start point was 2.8 million adults, the target set was to half the
>number of adults without bank accounts so the target was a reduction of
>1.4 million. The last taskforce report I saw a few months ago claimed
>that the target had been 60% achieved.
>
>So, 60% of 1.4 million is 840,000. 2.8 million - 840,000 would leave us
>with around 1.96M remaining.
That would probably mesh with the figures of 3 to 4 percent of
households without any sort of account given in the DWP report in
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