{"value":{"id":1663405,"askingMemberId":1409,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-18T00:00:00","uin":"201259","questionText":"To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans that the pilot No Interest Loan Scheme will be launched in Northern Ireland.","answeringBodyId":14,"answeringBodyName":"Treasury","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4874,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>At Budget 2021, HM Treasury announced £3.8 million of funding to pilot a No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS), designed to help vulnerable consumers across all four nations of the UK who would benefit from affordable credit to meet unexpected costs.</p><p>This pilot is being run by Fair4AllFinance, in conjunction with their partners. It is HM Treasury’s clear expectation that they shall launch a pilot site in Northern Ireland.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1663405","method":"GET"}]}