To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intends to invite representatives of the Northern Irish and Scottish bank note issuing banks to join the Notes and Coins Working Group. [124264]

The third Outline National Changeover Plan sets out the proposed approach to the management of a cash changeover in the UK, including the establishment of a Cash Changeover Working Group to replace the Notes and Coins Working Group, whose initial preparatory role would have been fulfilled.Details of the principal aim of the Cash Changeover Working Group are contained in the third outline National Changeover Plan.